Four people have been killed and another is thought to be missing after terrorists stormed a popular holiday resort in Mali.

Dozens of people were taken hostage during the attack on Sunday night but were released on Monday after security services stormed the complex near the Malian capital of Bamako


Mali’s security Minister Salif Traore said local forces backed by French troops and UN soldiers said they rescued 36 guests and killed five men who he called terrorists.

‘This was without doubt a terrorist attack,’ he told station Radio France International.

A Portuguese member of the EU’s military training mission was among the dead according to foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

A Malian member of the EU’s delegation was also killed, Mogherini said.

Local authorities identified a third dead man as French-Gabonese while a security source said a third victim was Cameroonian.

The resort was still cordoned off by late morning on Monday as a Malian anti-terrorist squad combed the area for the missing person.


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A U.N. mission helicopter was circling overhead.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.