Saturday, January 16, 2016

Terrorist Massacre Tourist In Burkina Faso's Splendid Hotel

  A view shows vehicles on fire outside Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during a siege by Islamist gunmen on Saturday

At least 20 people has been killed by terrorist in a Burkina Faso hotel in the capital city  Ouagadougou,in West Africa.Security forces have stormed the hotel and freed 126 people and also killed three gunmen with 33 people severely wounded,as confirmed by the Interior Minister.
30 French Special Forces with an American soldier
stormed the 147 bed Hotel in Ouagadougou and killed three of the gunmen one is reported from Arab origin,ten of the victims were gun down at a cappuccino cafe  next to the hotel.
Al-Mourabitoun, Local al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claim responsibility of the attacks
Meanwhile a second hotel nearby,Yibi Hotel is also under siege,Special force are trying to break the siege where gunmen are holed up
 Security forces - led by the approximately 40 Burkinabe soldiers with the help of 30 French troops (pictured) and an American soldier helped storm the hotel and kill the three gunmen
 Soldiers help to escort one badly hurt man out of the Splendid hotel, where 126 hostages are thought to have been rescued
 A badly injured man is carried by several Burkinabe soldiers after being rescued from the deadly siege at the hotel
 Gunfire: The masked men fired into the air to disperse the crowd and a police officer was shot trying to reach the Splendid hotel
 Elite force: Security forces surrounded the hotel before the assault to rescue an unknown number of hostages
 Security forces in Burkina Faso battled suspected Islamist fighters outside the Splendid Hotel in the capital's business district
                       Witnesses reportedly said the attackers claimed to be from ISISPictures of the injured were posted to Twitter as the attack continues

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