Pope prays for victims of attacks in Burkina Faso, Indonesia

Three attackers were killed at the hotel and a fourth was killed when security forces cleared out a second hotel nearby.

“Italy will continue to work to ensure that the global community remains united and intensifies its efforts to fight the terrorist threat, which once again showed its most inhuman and cruel face by targeting innocent civilians”, it said.

THE adult children of the two elderly Australians kidnapped in the West African nation of Burkina Faso say their parents dedicated their lives to helping the poor.

According to a Government toll, at least 14 foreigners are among the dead including four Canadians, two French nationals, two Portuguese, two Swiss, three Ukrainians and a Dutch person.

Riddering was “a wonderful, godly man” who managed to find spare time to help teams of volunteers from other organizations who dug wells for local residents, said John Anderson, a board member of Sheltering Wings, Riddering’s charity. “And that’s backbreaking work”.

The al-Qaida group claiming responsibility for the carnage released an audio tape titled: “A Message Signed with Blood and Body Parts”.

The siege at the hotel was declared over following a joint operation by Burkina Faso troops and French security forces based in the city under a regional counter-terrorism initiative.

Pope Francis is praying for the victims of attacks by extremists in Burkina Faso and Indonesia.

Pope Francis is praying for the victims of attacks by extremists in Burkina Faso and Indonesia.