Amnesty says photographer, driver die in Burkina Faso attack

Barry said that despite attacks, Burkina Faso will prevail.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a Salafi-jihadist militant group not aligned with the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the killings.

The massacre was the first terrorist attack of its kind in the West African country.

French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui, who was injured last week when al-Qaeda gunmen attacked a restaurant and hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital, has died of her injuries, raising the death toll to 30.

Damaged building of Hotel Splendid where the attackers remain with gunfire continuing in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on January 15, 2016.

As soon as Carrier learned of the Burkina Faso attacks, she said she sent numerous anxious messages to her family, unaware that her daughter, ex-husband Yves Carrier, his second wife, Gladys Chamberland, and their son, Charlelie Carrier, had already been killed.

As for Riddering, the group says his brother Jeff plans to travel to Burkina Faso to officiate a memorial service.

He did not give more details, citing the ongoing investigation.

It published photos of the three young gunmen dressed in military fatigues and wielding weapons, identifying them as Battar al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Buqali al-Ansari and Ahmed al-Fulani al-Ansari.

Ouedraogo had accompanied Amnesty International staff and consultants on missions in Burkina Faso since 2008.

The West Australian couple, aged in their 80s, moved to Burkina Faso in 1972 to set up a medical clinic in the town of Djibo in the country’s north.

Around 1 a.m., about 50 security forces including the French, Burkinabe and an American tried to enter the hotel but were fired upon and one French special forces member took a bullet in the leg.

At the Ouagadougou crime scene, an 18-strong team of French investigators, including forensic experts, joined local police combing for clues at the hotel and cafe. Their greatest desire is that the people amongst whom they have lived, and even their enemies, might also experience the incredible love of Jesus. Security forces freed over 150 hostages and killed four attackers.

Leaders from Burkina and Mali have agreed to work more closely to fight jihadists by sharing intelligence and conducting joint security patrols.