little bit more about the identities of the victims. you now have confirmation that one american citizen was among those killed. a short while ago, a couple hours ago, to be precise, we got confirmation from officials here in belgium that a civil employee, a civil worker, if you will, of a regional parliament tier in belgium was also among those killed. he was also in mali for a training program to help train mali s parliament, and as a result of his trip there, he was at that hotel when the attack happened. it s giving you a sense of how diverse the victims were. we have now heard a claim of responsibility. important to emphasize, though, chris, as you know, that we cannot independently verify this claim of responsibility, but there is a claim of responsibility from one of the al qaeda affiliated groups that has been operating in the northern part of the country. they say they were behind the attack today. you know, we were talking about this earlier, there was some speculation that t
attacks, the capital of mali is dealing with an attack of its own. according to the united nations, at least 23 people died at a hotel, 19 civilians, 3 attackers and a member of mali s security forces. gunmen stormed the hotel, the radisson blu, one of the few luxury western-style hotels there, popular with foreigners and airline crews and not far from the u.s. embassy. military have been going room to room, checking to make sure there are no more victims. a defense official tells nbc news six americans inside the hotel did make it out alive, but again, the state department now says one american died. it is a civilian, not a defense employee. msnbc s ayman mohyeldin is live in brussels. from there, he has been following this story throughout the day. what do we know additionally about this attack, and of course, ayman, who may be behind it? reporter: we re learning a
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