Reports are now suggesting that some of the hostages taken by gunmen at a hotel in Mali have been killed.
After taking as many as 170 hostage at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, reports are claiming that three have been killed.
#Bamako_now 3 hostages are dead from 170 and 20 were released one of them is a woman ar #Radison_blue_Hotel https://t.co/RIAffs0a3I
— Abir Jundi (@AbeyJundi) November 20, 2015
#BREAKING: At least three hostages killed in Bamako hotel siege: minister
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 20, 2015
Sky News are now reporting that three of the hostages, employees of Turkish Airlines, have managed to escape the building.