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03-03-2018, 09:16 AM
OUAGADOUGOU: At least 28 people were killed Friday in an attack on the military headquarters in Burkina Faso, three security sources, two in France and one in West Africa, told AFP.
Two of the sources said 28 people were killed and a third spoke of ?around 30? dead in the attack in the capital Ouagadougou. In a simultaneous attack, the French embassy was also targeted.
Burkinabe security sources gave a lower toll, saying ?around 15? people were killed, while the army?s medical chief, Colonel Amado Kafando, said 75 others had been injured. It was unclear whether these figures applied to one or to both attacks. Heavy gunfire broke out mid-morning in the centre of the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou. Witnesses said five armed men got out of a car and opened fire on passersby before heading towards the French embassy. The car was later seen ablaze.
At the same time, an explosion occurred near the headquarters of the Burkinabe armed forces and the French cultural centre, which are located about a kilometre (half a mile) from the site of the first attack, other witnesses said.
Four assailants were killed in the embassy attack and two in the second attack, the government said.?A certain number of gendarmes and soldiers? were wounded, but there were no known casualties among civilians, Information Minister Remis Fulgance Dandjinou told the state TV channel RTB. The attack ?has strong overtones of terrorism,? the minister said.
In Paris, French government sources said there had been no French casualties and described the situation in Ouagadougou as ?under control?. The Paris public prosecutor said it had opened a formal investigation into ?attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise?, an expected procedural step after attacks targeting French citizens or interests.Burkina Faso is one of a group of fragile countries on the southern rim of the Sahara that are battling jihadist groups.The insurgency has caused thousands of deaths, prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes and dealt crippling blows to economies that are already among the poorest in the world. On August 13 last year, two assailants opened fire on a restaurant on Ouagadougou?s main avenue, killing 19 people and wounded 21. The attack remains unclaimed.
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Two of the sources said 28 people were killed and a third spoke of ?around 30? dead in the attack in the capital Ouagadougou. In a simultaneous attack, the French embassy was also targeted.
Burkinabe security sources gave a lower toll, saying ?around 15? people were killed, while the army?s medical chief, Colonel Amado Kafando, said 75 others had been injured. It was unclear whether these figures applied to one or to both attacks. Heavy gunfire broke out mid-morning in the centre of the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou. Witnesses said five armed men got out of a car and opened fire on passersby before heading towards the French embassy. The car was later seen ablaze.
At the same time, an explosion occurred near the headquarters of the Burkinabe armed forces and the French cultural centre, which are located about a kilometre (half a mile) from the site of the first attack, other witnesses said.
Four assailants were killed in the embassy attack and two in the second attack, the government said.?A certain number of gendarmes and soldiers? were wounded, but there were no known casualties among civilians, Information Minister Remis Fulgance Dandjinou told the state TV channel RTB. The attack ?has strong overtones of terrorism,? the minister said.
In Paris, French government sources said there had been no French casualties and described the situation in Ouagadougou as ?under control?. The Paris public prosecutor said it had opened a formal investigation into ?attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise?, an expected procedural step after attacks targeting French citizens or interests.Burkina Faso is one of a group of fragile countries on the southern rim of the Sahara that are battling jihadist groups.The insurgency has caused thousands of deaths, prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes and dealt crippling blows to economies that are already among the poorest in the world. On August 13 last year, two assailants opened fire on a restaurant on Ouagadougou?s main avenue, killing 19 people and wounded 21. The attack remains unclaimed.
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