Caught on camera: Terrifying moment guests ran for their lives inside Mali hotel where terrorists massacred 19 people
- Footage shows the moment Malian troops emerge with hotel hostages
- Guests can be seen sprinting to safety accompanied by armed guards
- Video taken as 19 were killed and hundreds taken hostage by extremists
This is the dramatic moment terrified hostages ran for their lives as troops rescued them from the Mali hotel siege.
Footage shows guests sprinting away from the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako accompanied by heavily armed guards.
Malian troops are filmed running back into the building and emerging with more hostages while armed police use a fire escape to access the upper floors of the building.
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Rescue oepration: A Malian security officer helps a hostage after he was freed from the Radisson Blu hotel
Footage shows guests sprinting away from the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako accompanied by heavily armed guards
Separate video shows scenes of disarray inside the Mali hotel where 19 people including a US aid worker were murdered by Jihadi terrorists.
Bullet holes can be seen in the walls while the footage also shows half-eaten meals abandoned by terrified guests as they ran for cover.
The videos come as Malian security forces continue to hunt for 'more than three' suspects after the assault on Friday morning.
The murdered guests included US aid worker Anita Datar, 41.
Ms Datar, 41, had been working in Bamako - Mali's capital - as a U.S. envoy for international development firm Palladium when Islamist militants stormed her hotel on Friday morning.
Usually based in Washington, DC, the New Jersey native who specialised in public health is survived by her elementary school-aged son, Rohan.
Locals awoke to a state of emergency after Friday's brazen attack in central Bamako that was claimed by an extremist group formed by notorious Algerian militant Moktar Belmoktar.
The rescue forces who eventually stormed the hotel after a seven-hour siege were met with scenes of horror: bodies piled up in pools of blood, the walls spattered with red.
Separate video shows scenes of disarray inside the Mali hotel where 19 people including a US aid worker were murdered by Jihadi terrorists. This still image shows the aftermath of a fire inside the luxury hotel
Scene of destruction: Bullet holes can be seen in the walls while the footage also shows blown out windows (pictured and half-eaten meals abandoned by terrified guests as they ran for cover
A look inside the hotel rooms shows the desperate measures taken by those who were trapped for several hours. This picture shows beds turned upside down as people used mattresses to barricade themselves in
Rescue: Armed police can be seen with dogs climbing the stairs of a fire escape as they hunt for hostages
At least 27 - including a Belgian diplomat and one American - were killed by a group of jihadis which went on a deadly rampage on Friday, armed with grenades and automatic weapons, at one point holding more than 100 people hostage.
Automatic weapons fire was heard on the seventh floor of the 190-room Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, where it was thought as many as 10 militants roamed through the building, looking for guests and members of staff.
Many hostages ran for their lives along the dirt track outside the hotel, which is popular with foreigners. Among those who fled the luxury hotel were three Britons.
Several witnesses have claimed that the gunmen entered through the gates of the hotel in a car with a diplomatic number plate before opening fire with AK-47s and throwing grenades inside the building. The gunmen were also speaking to the hostages in English, according to one who was freed.
Major Modibo Nama Traore from the Malian military said: 'The search has started and I can tell you that we are looking for more than three people at the moment.'
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the 10-day nationwide state of emergency beginning at midnight. He said a three-day period of national mourning was due to begin on Monday, with flags flying at half-mast.
As the investigation into the massacre continues, six Russians were confirmed among the victims.
Another still image shows one of the blown out windows at the hotel. The videos come as Malian security forces continue to hunt for 'more than three' suspects after the assault on Friday morning
Video also shows the inside of a restaurant where some customers ran to, believing it was a safe place to hide
Another photo of the inside of one of the hotel rooms shows how it was left when its occupants fled
Debris is seen strewn across the floor inside the hotel. The rescue forces who eventually stormed the hotel after a seven-hour siege were met with scenes of horror as bodies were piled up in pools of blood
The Russian embassy in Mali confirmed that 12 Russians - all staff of the Volga-Dnepr freight airline - were caught up in Friday's hostage-taking in Bamako, but six were freed.
Those who died 'were shot by gunmen in the restaurant literally in the first minutes of the terrorist attack on the hotel'.
The Russians who died are believed to have all come from the same region of Ulyanovsk, Interfax news agency reported, citing regional authorities. Their company is based in the regional capital of the same name.
Volga-Dnepr is a private charter freight airline with 17 planes, according to its website.
The horrific terror attacks comes just a few days after ISIS gunmen massacred 129 people on the streets of Paris.
Suicide bombers targeted the Stade de France, cafes and restaurants as well as taking dozens of hostages at a death metal concert at the Bataclan theatre.
The co-ordinated attack was later claimed by ISIS, leading to a mass police hunt for one of the surviving gunmen and the ringleader of the deadly attack.
Armed response: Malian security forces continue to hunt for 'more than three' suspects after the assault on Friday morning
Rescue workers carry a body bag out of the hotel after the siege in which at least 19 people were killed
A seriously injured survivor is carried out from the luxury hotel in the Mali capital, Bamako - one of the first to be rescued
Mali's president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (centre) and Senegal's president Macky Sall (left) arrive at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako today
Armed jihadists went on a deadly shooting rampage inside the Radisson Blu hotel (pictured) in the centre of Bamako, Mali
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