People flee from the Radisson Blu Hotel in
Bamako, Mali, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

Gunmen shouting "God is great" took over
a luxury hotel and seized 170 hostages in
the African country of Mali on Friday.

The Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, the
capital of Mali, is popular with international
visitors. Officials say U.N. and Malian
troops have surrounded the hotel. The
roads leading to the hotel have been sealed
off. Mali has urged its residents to stay
where they are and not venture out during
the hotel siege.

Authorities say the gunmen rode up to the
hotel in a vehicle with diplomatic license
plates. A security source said the gunmen
are on the seventh floor of the hotel.

"Jihadists are firing in the corridor," the
source told AFP, the French news agency.

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