Special Forces of Burkina Faso, together with the French spent the operation to free the people at the hands of the extremists in the center of Ouagadougou. Among the captives was the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Government of Burkina Faso Clement Sawadogo.
According to Reuters, captured from the hotel were freed 33 hostages. The special operation is not over.
On the eve of armed men in turbans took hostages at the Splendid in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. The hotel lived UN staff and it is very popular among foreigners. According to recent data, resulting in the capture, killing at least 20 people, 15 were hospitalized.
Responsibility for the attack, according to the media, took over the local branch of the terrorist organization “Al Qaeda” (banned in Russia) – “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb”.
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