19 killed in terrorist attack on Mali hotel came from around the world

Posted online November 23, 2015 | 12:36 pm

In addition to an American public health worker murdered in a terrorist raid on a luxury hotel in Mali's capital on Friday, the 19 dead included six Russians, three Chinese, two Belgians and an Israeli national.

The two gunmen who attacked the hotel were killed after special forces troops enter the West African facility. The shooters are said to have ties to al-Qaeda.

The American killed was Anita Ashok Datar, a former Peace Corps volunteer and an executive with an international development consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

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