French soldiers also took part in the relief operation
Source: BBC
At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso.
Al-Qaeda militants attacked the Splendid Hotel in the West African state’s capital, Ouagadougou, as well as a cafe and another hotel nearby.
Four of the attackers were killed, two of them reportedly women.
The siege at the Splendid was declared over after a joint operation by local and French security forces.
The Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militant group has announced that it carried out the attack.
Bukinabe President Roch Kabore, who arrived at the scene on Saturday morning amid right security, announced the death toll and the liberation of at least 150 hostages.
French President Francois Hollande condemned the “odious” attack on the capital of the former French colony.
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