Breaking News!!!! Jihadi Gunmen Storm Radisson Hotel Happening Now

gunmen have killed five people and taken 170 people hostage after storming a Radisson hotel.

Around 10 terrorists ran into the hotel in Mali's capital Bamako at dawn and started shooting on the seventh floor.


They entered shouting 'allahu akbar', according to local news reports.

A senior security source said: "Very early in the morning there was gunfire.

"Apparently it's an attempt to take hostages. The police are there and are sealing off the area."

It is unclear at this stage if any Brits are in the hotel.

A spokesperson for the hotel said: "The Rezidor Hotel Group... is aware of the hostage-taking that is ongoing at the property today, 20th November 2015.

"As per our information two persons have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees."