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It is the first
time the authorities have said they were seeking accomplices to
the Nov. 20 attack by Islamist militants on the Radisson Blu
hotel in the capital Bamako on Friday that ended when Malian
commandos stormed the building.
"They are suspects. People suspected of having links with the
two terrorists (who attacked the hotel)," said a source close to
the security ministry.
Chief prosecutor Boubacar Sidiki Samake, who is leading the
investigation, said authorities had recovered items that will
help them to learn more about how the attack was planned.
"We recovered telephones on them (the two bodies) and machine
pistols," he said on state radio.
The Massina Liberation Front, which has been blamed for previous
violence in southern Mali, on Sunday became the third group to
claim responsibility for the attack. Jihadist group Al
Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) already
had claimed responsibility.
(Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg;
Editing by Richard Balmforth)
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