Over thirty hostages freed in Burkina Faso

Over thirty hostages freed in Burkina Faso

World January 16, 2016 08:35

ouagadougou - Security forces have Saturday 33 hostages freed from a hotel in Burkina Faso. That the Ministry of Communications said. Among the released Visitors to the hotel is also a minister.


         ,, There are 33 hostages, including a minister. Everyone was taken to hospital for examination. The operation in the hotel goes through, '' said Remis Dandjinou, the Minister for Communications.
The people at the hotel in Ouagadougou were detained by a group of terrorists who stormed the building Friday. The attack was claimed by terrorist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. According to the director of the University Hospital in Burkina Faso in the attack at least twenty people have been killed and fifteen people were injured.
When the liberation fire broke out in the hotel. The Splendid Hotel stays usually many foreigners, including members of the UN. During the attack could be heard several gunshots and explosions.

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