Terrorists at French embassy Burkina Faso

Terrorists opened fire at the French embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou.

According to eyewitnesses, the building was attacked by five shooting men. The five suddenly came out of a car and also shot at passers-by, reported French media. Other reports speak of a major explosion for the French Institute and the headquarters of the army, which are barely a kilometer from the French embassy.

The poor West African country is almost seven times larger than our country and has twenty million inhabitants. It became independent of France in 1960 as Upper Volta.