{"id":8219,"date":"2018-03-03T20:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T03:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8219"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:25:28","slug":"ouagadougou-residents-yet-recover-fridays-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/ouagadougou-residents-yet-recover-fridays-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouagadougou residents\u00a0yet to recover from Friday&#8217;s terror attack\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\">Inhabitants of Ouagadougou are still to recover from shock after militants carried out simultaneous attacks on Friday morning on the military headquarters of Burkina Faso and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>According to Reuters, Attackers in Burkina Faso\u2019s capital killed eight people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated assault on the army headquarters and French embassy that France\u2019s foreign minister said was likely carried out by \u201cterrorist groups\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During a press briefing, Burkina Faso\u2019s security minister Cl\u00e9ment Sawado told journalists that the assault appeared to have been aimed at a gathering of senior officers but unfortunately to the attackers the meeting was moved at he last minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, a meeting was suppose to hold at the military headquarters but it was held in another room. If the meeting took place where it was suppose to, it would have been an extremely dramatic situation because many of our officers had to meet with the Chief of Staff for this meeting. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The Burkinabe government says at least eight government troops and 8 assailants lost their lives during the attack, but other reports from news agencies suggest a bloodier outcome with dozens reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<p>West Africa\u2019s arid Sahel region is suffering a spike in violence by militant groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, that is drawing an increasingly aggressive response from countries including France and the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Militants and troops killed in militant attack on Burkina Faso capital<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kc48AnoiLB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kc48AnoiLB<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MailOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John B Tawn (@27Tawnyowl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/27Tawnyowl\/status\/969854089952677888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/27Tawnyowl\/status\/969854089952677888\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-loaded is-constrainedByMaxWidth\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<p class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Militants and troops killed in militant attack on Burkina Faso capital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Burkina Faso has said four militants and seven soldiers were killed during a suspected jihadist attack in the capital Ougadougou &#8211; it said the attack was repelled and the situation is under control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which is the third major assault on Ouagadougou in just over two years.<\/p>\n<p>Sawadogo said 80 people were wounded, three seriously, after a car laden with explosives blew up in the army headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seven killed, around 50 wounded in Burkina Faso attack &#8211; gov&#8217;t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unidentified assailants killed five people and wounded around 50 others during an attack on Burkina Faso\u2019s military headquarters in the capital Ouagadougou on Friday, said government spokesman Remi Dandjinou.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on state television, he said that two paramilitary gendarmes were also killed defending the French embassy, which also came under attacks.<\/p>\n<p>There were conflicting reports over the number of deaths however, AFP news agency reported that at least 30 people were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The French embassy,the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the headquarters of Burkina Faso\u2019s armed forces, came under attack, a government statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inhabitants of Ouagadougou are still to recover from shock after militants carried out simultaneous attacks on Friday morning on the military headquarters of Burkina Faso and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou. 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