A U.S. citizen killed in Mali attack

A U.S. citizen was killed in the Friday attack by the Jihadist Al-Murabitoun group on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, U.S. State Department said.

"We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in the attack on the Radisson Hotel in Bamako, Mali," a senior State Department official said, without providing further information at the moment.

At least 27 people, including three Chinese citizens, were killed and more than 100 other hostages were rescued by Malian forces at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.

There were no more hostages held at Radisson Blu hotel, said Mali security minister Salif Traore, hours after gunmen stormed the hotel and held 170 people hostage, many of them foreigners.

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby had said earlier that "a dozen" Americans, including U.S. embassy staff, were among those rescued. Endi