7 Aug 2015 19:30

Assault carried out on hotel in Mali, Ukrainian citizen among hostages - foreign ministry

KYIV. Aug 7 (Interfax) - A Ukrainian citizen is among the hostages taken as a result of an armed assault on a hotel in Mali, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maryana Betsa said.

"In Mali, an assault took place in a hotel; among the hostages there is a citizen of Ukraine. Together with our international partners, we are undertaking emergency measures to free our citizen," she said on Twitter.

Western media earlier reported that on Friday, some unidentified armed persons mounted an assault upon a hotel in the Malian town of Sevare. They said a person had died, although did not elaborate on whether the person was a hotel guest, a hotel employee or a Malian serviceman.