Unidentified gunmen killed four guests at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako, and one other guest is still missing, authorities said on Monday.
One of the victims of Sunday’s attack was a Portuguese soldier working with the European Union military training mission, Portugal’s Armed Forces state HQ said in a statement.
Mali’s security ministry had identified one of the victims as French-Gabonese. A security source said a third victim was Cameroonian while the fourth had yet to be identified.
Security forces backed by French and UN troops mobilised quickly when the attack was underway, rescuing 36 residents including 13 French citizens.
Security Minister Salif Traore told Radio France International on Monday that “five terrorists were killed” in operations that continued throughout the night.
“This was without doubt a terrorist attack,” he told the radio station.