Mali nightclub attack kills five in Bamako

Afrasianet - Five people have been killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital Bamako.

a French national was shot dead at the bar. Two Malian men were killed as the gunmen fled the scene.

A Belgian man died when a grenade was thrown at his car in a nearby street. A third European died in hospital.

Witnesses said the attackers shouted "God is Great" in Arabic ("Allahu Akbar").

A senior intelligence official told Reuters news agency that two people connected to the incident had been arrested.

French President Francois Hollande strongly condemned Saturday's "cowardly attack".