Death In Burkina Faso Hotel Attack

The CNN Live Report also cited that to make sure no militants are hiding in other hotels within the vicinity, the police have made a thorough search.

“For the first time in its history, our country has fallen victim to a series of barbaric terrorist attacks”, he said, adding that the people of Burkina would nevertheless “emerge victorious”.

Sixty-three hostages were rescued, 33 of them wounded, from the four-star Splendid hotel in the Burk …

The attacks, claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, occurred in hotels and restaurants, with 156 people taken hostage but later freed when security forces regained control of the area, killing four jihadis.

Mr Riddering and his wife, Amy Boyle-Riddering, sold their property and possessions in Cooper City, Florida, in 2011 to move to Burkina Faso to run the Les Ailes de Refuge orphanage and refuge.

“We appeal to the people to be vigilant and courageous because we must fight on”, said Kabore.

Al Qaida was also behind a similar siege in November at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, that left 20 dead.

Six of those killed were from Canada, the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

French special forces take up positions outside the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou.

“It appears that Pastor Valentin was somehow separated from Mike during the attack and hid somewhere in the Cappuccino cafe”, the missionary group said.

At least 28 people died in the attacks when terrorists stormed the Splendid Hotel on Friday. Then the phone suddenly went dead.

Burkina Faso, a largely Muslim country, had for years been largely spared from the violence carried out by Islamic extremist groups who were abducting foreigners for ransom in neighboring Mali and Niger.

Last month, Burkina Faso swore in Roch Marc Christian Kabore as president, completing the troubled West African state’s transition after the overthrow of its longtime ruler Blaise Compaore in 2014 and a failed coup attempt in September.

AQIM and Al-Murabitoun jointly claimed that attack.

Ukrainian websites identified the other two Ukrainian victims as the sister and mother of the cafe owner’s wife.