Photos: Gunman Kills Five in a Restaurant in Mali Yesterday

A masked gunman opened fire on a restaurant in Bamako, the capital of Mali yesterday's morning,killing five people. Two Europeans- a Frenchman and a Belgian- and three Malians.

The gunman stormed La Terrasse restrurant, which was filled with UN workers, Europeans and Malians and fired indiscriminately, killing five. Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack.

 "This was a terrorist attack. It's absolutely clear", said the security official,an army officer who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The attack took place in Hippodrome, a neighbourhood of the capital that contains a number of bars and restrurants frequented by foreigners. From one moment to the next, a festive friday night at La Terrasse, crowded with United Nations workers and other Europeans, turned into a pandemonium of bullets,blood,and fear, witnesses said. "We were laughing and talking when lone gunman bursted into the restaurant and began firing,it was boom,boom,boom and I was close to the bar,so we just went under there. We didn't move because there were a lot of shooting. When I looked up,a young Malian woman- the girlfriend of the European sitting next to me was lying on the floor, blood gushing out from her neck" said a Swedish health worker, Reidun Runften, who had been dancing at the bar.