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2017-08-14 Africa Subsaharan
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At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso
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[IsraelTimes] Suspected Islamic gunnies open fire on Ottoman Turkish eatery popular with foreigners in capital of Ouagadougou
Suspected Islamic gunnies shot up a Ottoman Turkish restaurant late Sunday in the capital of Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
, killing at least 17 people in the second such attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in the last two years.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the violence, which continued into the early hours Monday with yet another heavy exchange of gunfire overheard by witnesses.
Communication Minister Remi Dandjinou told journalists that at least 17 people were dead and eight others maimed, according to a provisional toll. The victims came from several different nationalities, he said. Among the dead was at least one French national.
Security forces arrived at the scene with armored vehicles after reports of shots fired near Aziz Istanbul, an upscale restaurant in Ouagadougou. The attack brought back painful memories of the January 2016 attack at another cafe that left 30 people dead.
Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in West Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world. It shares a northern border with Mali, which has long battled Islamic holy warriors.
The three attackers in the 2016 massacre were of foreign origin, according to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which grabbed credit in the aftermath along with the jihadist group known as Al Mourabitoun. But the terror threat in Burkina Faso is increasingly homegrown, experts say.
The northern border region is now the home of a local preacher, Ibrahim Malam Dicko, who radicalized and has claimed recent deadly attacks against troops and civilians. His association, Ansarul Islam, is now considered a terrorist group by Burkina Faso’s government.
| So at this point it's probably either Al Qaeda in the Maghreb or Ansar ul Islam... or Ansar ul Islam has sworn alleigiance to either ISIS or AQIM. Hopefully the day will bring further information. An earlier Times of Israel article adds: |
Witnesses said that three gunnies arrived in a 4×4 at around 9:30 pm and opened fire on customers seated outside the cafe.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police front man Capt. Guy Ye told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the target of the attack was a Ottoman Turkish restaurant known as Aziz Istanbul.
Searches continue after suspected jihadists kill 18 in Burkina Faso
[IsraelTimes] Security forces kill 2 gunmen behind deadly assault on Turkish restaurant in Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou.
Security forces in Burkina Faso’s capital ended an assault Monday against suspected jihadists who opened fire on a restaurant in a “terrorist attack” that left at least 18 people dead, the government said.
The attack that began Sunday night in a Turkish restaurant popular with foreigners also left a dozen people injured, while two assailants were later killed, Communications Minister Remis Dandjinou said. It was not clear how many gunmen were involved.
“The operation has ended” but searches are continuing in the Ouagadougou neighborhood around the restaurant, Dandjinou told a press briefing carried on social media.
The Istanbul restaurant is just 200 meters from a hotel and cafe targeted in an assault in January 2016 that left 30 people dead and 71 wounded, many of them foreigners. That attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group.
“According to witnesses, at least two assailants arrived on a motorcycle around 9 p.m. armed with Kalashnikovs, opened fire on the Istanbul restaurant,” a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
A waiter in the restaurant said he saw “three men arrive on a 4X4 vehicle around 9:30 p.m., get off the vehicle and open fire on customers seated on the terrace.”
Shooting ended around 5 a.m., according to an AFP journalist who was near the restaurant.
The prosecutors’ anti-terrorism unit has opened an investigation, they said.
Dandjinou had earlier said that "some people were held" by the assailants and that "some were released," but gave no further details.
He said the 18 victims were of various nationalities, both Burkinabes and foreigners.
Security forces launched a counter-assault at around 10:15 p.m. against the assailants who were hiding in the building, the police officer said.
Local authorities say foreigners killed include two Canadians, two Kuwaitis and one person each from La Belle France, Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
, Nigeria, Leb and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
Seven Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other...
citizens were also killed and authorities said three other victims had not yet been identified.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the violence. 
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