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Burkina Faso Terror attack kills 20

Twenty people have been killed and a number wounded in a “terrorist attack” in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says.

Gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a restaurant, witnesses said. One Turkish citizen died but other nationalities are yet to be confirmed.

The attack is now over, authorities say, with the two assailants also killed by security forces.

A jihadist attack on a nearby café killed 30 people in January last year.

There are fears that the latest attack is the work of one of the affiliates of al-Qaeda that are active in the Sahel region.

 

Source: BBC

 

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