Cappuccino restaurant, Splendid Hotel and Yibi hotel with Westerners (Alleged)
Attack type
Mass shooting, arson, hostage-taking, sieges, counter-attack
Deaths
34 (including four attackers)[1][2][3][4][5]
Injured
56+[3][6][7] (including some hostages during the rescue)[8]
Victims
176 hostages (rescued)
Perpetrators
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Mourabitoun
No. of participants
6–7 (4 dead, 2–3 on the run)
Motive
Islamic terrorism
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On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The number of fatalities reached 30,[1][9][10] while at least 56 were wounded; a total of 176 hostages were released[3][11] after a government counter-attack into the next morning as the siege ended. Three perpetrators were also killed.[4] The nearby YIBI hotel was then under siege, where another attacker was killed. Notably, former Swiss MPs Jean-Noël Rey and Georgie Lamon were killed. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Al-Mourabitoun.
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^ abc"Foreigners killed at Burkina Faso luxury hotel". BBC. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ ab"Burkina Faso: Hotel siege ends; 22 killed, 126 people rescued". International Business Times, India Edition. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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^"Al Qaeda attack on Burkina Faso hotel kills 20; counter ops still on". Hindustan Times. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^"Coups de feu et détonations dans le centre de Ouagadougou : "une attaque terroriste" selon l'ambassadeur de France" (in French). France Info. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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^"Ouagadougou blasts: Burkina Faso capital hit by gunfire". BBC News. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^"Gunmen attack hotel, take hostages in Burkina Faso capital". 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^"Burkina Faso: Security forces raid besieged hotel, free hostages". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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