2017 Ouagadougou attack | |
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Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso, Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) | |
Location | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
Date | 13–14 August 2017 21:00 (GMT) |
Target | Hotel Bravia and the Istanbul Restaurant |
Attack type | Mass shooting, hostage taking |
Deaths | 19 (+3 attackers) |
Injured | 25[1] |
No. of participants | 4 |
Nineteen people were killed and 25 others were injured[2] when suspected jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 13 August 2017.[3] Police cornered the attackers, who took hostages and then were killed in an ensuing shootout.[1]