Security forces launch counter offensive on the hotel popular with westerners in the capital Ouagadougou after it was was captured by Islamic militants Security forces hold stormed a hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital where Islamic militant fighters hold been holding hostages.
Up to 20 people are thought to hold been killed and 15 wounded in explosions and gunfire around the hotel in Ouagadougou, which witnesses reported was partly on fire. Around 10 vehicles were alight in the streets near the 146-room Splendid Hotel.
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Source: theguardian.com