French ambassador gives detail on Burkina hotel attack
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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics
The French Ambassador to Burkina Faso Gilles Thibault has detailed how security forces ended a 15 hour attack over the weekend. Speaking to journalists, Thibault said French troops together with Burkinabe special forces worked hand in hand to end the hotel attack in Ouagadougou that left at least 28 people dead. "At this stage, about thirty have died. I received some conflicting information on the number of deaths. There are still about thirty injured people being hospitalised, and about 180 … READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/01/19/french-ambassador-gives-detail-on-burkina-hotel-attack Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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