Military Responds to Hotel Hostage Situation in Mali

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Armed Islamic extremists stormed the hotel in Mali's capital, killing more than two dozen people and briefly taking scores more hostage.

Malian security forces evacuate a man from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead. HABIBOU KOUYATE / AFP - Getty Images

Nov. 20, 2015, 9:25 AM EST / Updated Nov. 20, 2015, 4:02 PM EST

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