Islamist millitant Attack in Burkinafaso Hotel leaves 20 people Dead

 

   

 

Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso,

taking hostages and reportedly killing at least 20 people. The attack occur on Friday. according to an eye witness two car bombs went off outside the splendid hotel, afterwards  three to four maskmen stormed the hotel which is popularly used by UN officials and westerners.

Robert Sangare, a hospital director in the city, said at least 20 people had died and 15 more wounded.
Witnesses said soon after 01:00 that an operation to free hostages from the hotel was under way. Part of the hotel was on fire, they reported.
Foreign Minister Alpha Barry had earlier said he would not rule out the co-operation of French troops.
One group that monitors jihadist networks said al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it was behind the attack.
Witnesses said the gunmen had initially entered the Cappuccino cafe near the hotel
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One employee at the cafe told Agence France Presse that "several people" had been killed there.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing exchanges of gunfire between the men and security
forces, as well as sporadic gunfire from inside the four-star hotel, which is close to the country's international airport.
In the latest developments:

The US military, that has some 75 staff in Burkina Faso, said it was ready to help Fr

ench troops at the hotel

France's ambassador to Burkina Faso, Giles Thibault, says a curfew is in place until 06:00 local time

According to the site monitoring group that analyses jihadist network said that(AQIM) said it was behind the attack

The monitoring group specifically stated that those responsible were the al-Murabitoun group, which is based in the Sahara desert in northern Mali and contains fighters loyal to the veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
Last month, the group announced it had merged with AQIM. Belmokhtar, a one-eyed commander who fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the 1980s, was once a member of AQIM but left after a falling-out with its leadership.
Belmokhtar has been declared dead many times, the latest by a US air strike on 14 June last year in Libya - according to Libyan authorities - but his death has not been formally confirmed.
AQIM and al-Murabitoun said they were behind an attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso's neighbour Mali in November, that left 20 people dead.
well its appears terrorist have now  resulted to attacking hospitality locations to perpetrate their diabolical acts. especially in countries that have ties with world powers.