article_snippet: (CNN)A shooting at a bar popular with expatriates in Mali on Saturday killed five people, including French and Belgian citizens, authorities said.
article_snippet: One French citizen, one Belgian and three Malians were killed in the attack in the capital of Bamako, said Gabriel Toure, director of a local hospital.
article_snippet: An additional eight people were wounded, Gabriel Toure, director of a local hospital said.
article_snippet: Authorities called the shooting a "criminal and terrorist act.
article_snippet: French President Francois Hollande released a statement condemning the attack in the capital of Bamako.
article_snippet: This is an act of cowardice," French President Francois Hollande said.
article_snippet: But an act of opening fire in a restaurant filled with innocent civilians -- in the end, that only strengthens our resolve to fight terrorism in all of its forms, wherever its exists.
article_snippet: The French Embassy in Bamako warned The French Embassy in Bamako citizens to be on alert if its citizens go out in public.
highlights_snippet: The Malian government calls the shooting a "terrorist act"
  One French citizen, one Belgian and three Malians are killed .