2016 Ouagadougou attacks

Islamic terrorist attack in Burkina Faso October 2020 2016 Ouagadougou Islamic terrorist attacks Splendidhotel.JPG The Splendid Hotel in 2008 Burkina Faso#Africa 12.3613382 -1.5202486 The Splendid Hotel none center Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 12 21 40 N 1 31 05 W type:event_region:BF-KAD inline,title Cappuccino restaurant, Splendid Hotel and Yibi hotel with Westerners (Alleged) Islamic terrorism the Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso, the War in the Sahel, and the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) 15–16 January 2016 19:30 – ~next morning GMT Mass shooting, arson, hostage-taking, sieges, counter-attack 34 (including four attackers)https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35332792 Foreigners killed at Burkina Faso luxury hotel 16 January 2016 BBC 21 June 2018 11 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160611115742/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35332792 livehttp://www.ibtimes.co.in/burkina-faso-al-qaeda-militants-attack-hotel-kill-20-663403 Burkina Faso: Hotel siege ends; 22 killed, 126 people rescued 16 January 2016 International Business Times, India Edition 16 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117003341/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/burkina-faso-al-qaeda-militants-attack-hotel-kill-20-663403 livehttps://news.yahoo.com/victims-hostages-burkina-hotel-attack-planning-counter-assult-000632829.html At least 20 dead in Burkina Faso hotel attack: hospital chief 16 January 2016 Yahoo! News AFP 14 January 2017 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045020/http://news.yahoo.com/victims-hostages-burkina-hotel-attack-planning-counter-assult-000632829.html live 56+http://www.hindustantimes.com/world/al-qaeda-attack-on-burkina-faso-hotel-kills-20-counter-ops-still-on/story-pa47lMvbpZCz6f2tLm7fSI.html Al Qaeda attack on Burkina Faso hotel kills 20; counter ops still on Hindustan Times 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116053155/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world/al-qaeda-attack-on-burkina-faso-hotel-kills-20-counter-ops-still-on/story-pa47lMvbpZCz6f2tLm7fSI.html livehttp://www.franceinfo.fr/actu/monde/article/coups-de-feu-et-detonations-dans-le-centre-de-ouagadougou-758891 Coups de feu et détonations dans le centre de Ouagadougou : "une attaque terroriste" selon l'ambassadeur de France 16 January 2016 France Info fr 15 January 2016 16 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116081413/http://www.franceinfo.fr/actu/monde/article/coups-de-feu-et-detonations-dans-le-centre-de-ouagadougou-758891 live (including some hostages during the rescue) Al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebAl-Mourabitoun 176 hostages (rescued) 6–7(4 dead, 2–3 on the run) 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. At least 30 people were killed,https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35330169 Ouagadougou blasts: Burkina Faso capital hit by gunfire BBC News 15 January 2016 15 January 2016 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160115221130/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35330169 livehttp://www.france24.com/en/20160115-shots-explosions-heard-hotel-burkina-faso-capital-ouagadougou Gunmen attack hotel, take hostages in Burkina Faso capital 15 January 2015 15 January 2016 4 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180204072859/http://www.france24.com/en/20160115-shots-explosions-heard-hotel-burkina-faso-capital-ouagadougou live and 56 wounded; a total of 176 hostages were releasedBurkina Faso: Security forces raid besieged hotel, free hostages http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/16/africa/burkina-faso-hotel-terrorist-attack/index.html CNN 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116051035/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/16/africa/burkina-faso-hotel-terrorist-attack/index.html live after a government counter-attack into the next morning as the siege ended. Three perpetrators were also killed. 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 at a restaurant during the attack. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Al-Mourabitoun. Background Following the Libyan Civil War, neighboring Mali was wracked by instability, including Islamist attacks, in the Northern Mali conflict. Neighboring countries also experienced a Boko Haram insurgency. In Burkina Faso, the 2014 Burkinabé uprising ousted President Blaise Compaoré, while the consequent 2015 Burkinabe coup d'état, in relation to the electoral process, was eventually put down under pressure from the African Union. The November 2015 general election resulted in Roch Marc Christian Kaboré becoming president of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is part of the G5 Sahel countries formed to counter insurgent attacks. The Splendid Hotel was sometimes used by French troops who were part of the Chad-based Operation Barkhane.At least 20 dead in Burkina Faso hotel attack https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-tv/at-least-20-dead-in-burkina-faso-hotel-attack/videoshow/50602270.cms 2022-04-22 The Economic Times 16 January 2016 en 22 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220422132654/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-tv/at-least-20-dead-in-burkina-faso-hotel-attack/videoshow/50602270.cms live The United States had approximately 75 military personnel in the country, including 15 assigned to the embassy and about 60 who provide "security assistance" – training, advising and assisting. Earlier in the day, at about 14:00 local time, approximately 20 "heavily-armed unidentified individuals" attacked gendarmerie in the village of Tin Abao, near the border with Mali, according to the army. The Security Ministry's Spokeswoman Abi Ouattara also announced that an Austrian couple were kidnapped in the night in northern Burkina Faso near the border with Mali in the Baraboulé area's village of Djibo. Austrian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thomas Schnoell added that more information was not known but they were "looking into the matter as quickly as possible." However, the couple were later said to be Australian. Attacks and sieges Cappuccino and Splendid Hotel thumb|left|The Cappuccino restaurant in 2012. On 15 January 2016 at 19:30, according to Communications Minister Remi Dandjinou, six or seven turbaned gunmen,https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/15/world/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/index.html Gunmen attack hotel in Burkina Faso capital 15 January 2016 CNN 15 January 2016 16 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116000311/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/15/world/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/index.html live reportedly arrived in four-wheel drive cars and burnt ten vehicles. They attacked the Cappuccino restaurant, which had about 100 guests, according to RTB, and then took hostages at the 147-room four-star Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou on Avenue Kwame Nkrumah.http://www.leparisien.fr/international/burkina-faso-attaque-contre-un-hotel-frequente-par-des-occidentaux-15-01-2016-5454847.php Burkina Faso : attaque "terroriste" dans un hôtel, les assaillants retranchés Le Parisien 15 January 2015 fr 15 January 2016 1 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201230645/http://www.leparisien.fr/international/burkina-faso-attaque-contre-un-hotel-frequente-par-des-occidentaux-15-01-2016-5454847.php live Both places are frequented by businessmen and foreigners. A dinner of the ASECNA, which was attended by 200 people, was taking place in the hotel.http://www.bienpublic.com/faits-divers/2016/01/15/tirs-et-detonations-dans-un-hotel-de-ouagadougou Faits divers – Attaque terroriste contre un hôtel fréquenté par des occidentaux 15 January 2016 Le Bien Public French 15 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117040434/http://www.bienpublic.com/faits-divers/2016/01/15/tirs-et-detonations-dans-un-hotel-de-ouagadougou live Some of the perpetrators arrived at the hotel during the day and mingled with guests, while others joined them after nightfall.https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/16/africa/burkina-faso-hotel-terrorist-attack/index.html Burkina Faso attack: At least 28 dead, scores freed after hotel siege 17 January 2016 CNN 17 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117070840/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/16/africa/burkina-faso-hotel-terrorist-attack/index.html live As Ouagadougou Airport is about 1.5 km mi 0 from the attack site, Air France and Turkish Airlines flights were diverted to Niamey, Niger.http://www.airlive.net/2016/01/breaking-explosions-and-fire-reported.html Explosions and fire reported from "Hotel splendid" located near International Airport of Ouagadougou 15 January 2015 Airlive.net 15 January 2016 https://archive.today/20160116121637/http://www.airlive.net/2016/01/breaking-explosions-and-fire-reported.html 16 January 2016 dead Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said: "We know that there are victims and there are hostages. Currently the area is blocked by security forces waiting for an assault to free the hostages." According to the head of the city's main hospital there were 20 confirmed deaths, while an unnamed Cappuccino staff member said several people had been killed at the restaurant. At least 20 people were wounded. Robert Sangare, director of Ouagadougou's university hospital centre, said that one European woman being treated at the hospital had said that the perpetrators appeared to target white people. https://www.france24.com/en/20160115-shots-explosions-heard-hotel-burkina-faso-capital-ouagadougou Al Qaeda branch claims Burkina Faso hotel attack France 24 15 January 2016 france24.com 20 April 2022 4 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180204072859/http://www.france24.com/en/20160115-shots-explosions-heard-hotel-burkina-faso-capital-ouagadougou live Other survivors, including a Slovenian social anthropologist and a French architect, also reported witnessing white people being "singled out" and double tapped by the attackers. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-attacks-idUSKCN0UT2HC Burkina hotel retaken from al Qaeda fighters, but dozens dead Bonkoungou Mathieu Coulibaly Nadoun Reuters 15 January 2016 reuters.com 20 April 2022 7 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171007182944/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-attacks-idUSKCN0UT2HC live https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/female-jihadis-attack-tourist-hotel-burkina-faso-23-killed-n497871 American Missionary Among At Least 23 Killed in al Qaeda-Linked Burkina Faso Attack NBC News 16 January 2016 nbcnews.com 20 April 2022 20 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220420062625/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/female-jihadis-attack-tourist-hotel-burkina-faso-23-killed-n497871 live About 10 ambulances were used to ferry the wounded to the hospital through the night. Counter-attack At 01:00 the next day, the hall was set on firehttp://www.france24.com/fr/urgent/20160116-burkina-fasoattaque-hall-lhotel-splendid-feu-journaliste-afp https://web.archive.org/web/20160116030318/http://www.france24.com/fr/urgent/20160116-burkina-fasoattaque-hall-lhotel-splendid-feu-journaliste-afp 2016-01-16 Burkina Faso/attaque : hall de l'hôtel Splendid en feu France 24 French 16 January 2016 as commandos tried to free an unknown number of hostages, using explosives to enter the building. Two groups of security forces entered the main lobby five hours after the siege began, as gunfire was reported.http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/01/16/10/39/gunmen-hold-hostages-in-burkina-faso-hotel#mG2mwm1x1iDLKBrG.99 Hostages freed in Burkina Faso raid news 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 14 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181214124612/https://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/01/16/10/39/gunmen-hold-hostages-in-burkina-faso-hotel#mG2mwm1x1iDLKBrG.99 live RTB reported intense gunfire for 40 minutes in the direction of the hotel. It further noted that about 33 hostages had been freedhttps://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/20-dead-in-siege-at-burkina-faso-hotel-islamist-group-claims-responsibility-304071-2016-01-16 Burkina Faso hotel attack: 20 killed, 33 hostages freed, Islamist group claims responsibility 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117022640/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/20-dead-in-siege-at-burkina-faso-hotel-islamist-group-claims-responsibility/1/571902.html live by security forces, including Minister of Public Services,http://www.wdsu.com/national/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/37459956 Burkina Faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel Pierre Meilhan, Basidou Kinda and Ralph Ellis 27 August 2014 WDSU 16 January 2016 26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126223939/http://www.wdsu.com/national/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/37459956 live Labour and Social Security Clément Sawadogo, according to Dandjinou. Gunfire reportedly subsided after an hour of the counter-attack, while bodies were seen outside the hotel.http://www.wesh.com/national-news/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/37459956 Burkina Faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel Pierre Meilhan, Basidou Kinda and Ralph Ellis 15 January 2016 WESH 16 January 2016 29 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160129195921/http://www.wesh.com/national-news/gunmen-attack-hotel-in-burkina-faso-capital/37459956 live The Splendid Hotel siege ended in the morning with the release of 176 hostages, according to Compoare, almost half of whom were injured in the process. A group of U.S. and French soldiers came to the site, while a curfew was instated from 23:00 to 06:00. An unnamed U.S. Defence Department official said that France had requested its intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance support in the city and that at least one military member in the country was giving "advice and assistance" to French forces at the hotel. Dozens of the French forces came in from neighbouring Mali. French medical teams were sent to provide support, while forensic officers were also sent to the city. YIBI hotel Following the end of the siege at the Splendid Hotel, the Yibi hotel, located next to Cappuccino, was under attack, according to Interior Ministerhttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/world/al-qaeda-attack-on-burkina-hotel-kills-20-at-least-15-persons-wounded-1190497.html Burkina Faso: At least 20 dead, 126 people rescued as siege at first hotel ends IBNLive 16 January 2016 19 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160119140132/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/world/al-qaeda-attack-on-burkina-hotel-kills-20-at-least-15-persons-wounded-1190497.html live Simon Compaoré.https://www.modernghana.com/news/504695/burkina-faso-president-takes-defence-portfolio-in-new-cabine.html Burkina Faso president takes defence portfolio in new cabinet Modern Ghana 16 January 2016 26 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126132034/https://www.modernghana.com/news/504695/burkina-faso-president-takes-defence-portfolio-in-new-cabine.html live It followed him saying that nearby hotels were being checked to make sure attackers were not hiding there.https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/10-bodies-found-burkina-faso-cafe-al-qaida-36328723 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116192223/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/10-bodies-found-burkina-faso-cafe-al-qaida-36328723 2016-01-16 Burkina Faso Hotel Seizure Ends; 4 Jihadis, 23 Others Dead ABC News ABC News 16 January 2016 At about 07:30, government forces entered the hotel on foot, while sharp shooters were reportedly on the roofs of nearby buildings. Radio Omega reported that a fourth attacker had been killed after seeking refuge at the hotel.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/burkinafaso/12103065/Burkina-Faso-attacks-Al-Qaeda-Islamic-Maghreb-Hotel-Splendid-Ouagadougou-live.html Burkina Faso attacks: Four Al-Qaeda terrorists – 'including two women' – killed after special forces free 126 hostages in hotel siege – live 16 January 2016 Telegraph.co.uk 16 January 2016 16 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160116104159/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/burkinafaso/12103065/Burkina-Faso-attacks-Al-Qaeda-Islamic-Maghreb-Hotel-Splendid-Ouagadougou-live.html live Casualties + Deaths by nationalityCountryNumberNote Burkina Faso 10https://fr.news.yahoo.com/attaque-jihadiste-au-burkina-ouagadougou-choc-craint-lavenir-131542465.html Attaque jihadiste au Burkina: Ouagadougou sous le choc craint pour l'avenir 14 August 2017 14 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170814145436/https://fr.news.yahoo.com/attaque-jihadiste-au-burkina-ouagadougou-choc-craint-lavenir-131542465.html live Canada 6 Ukraine 4 France 2 Switzerland 2 Italy 1http://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among Nine-year-old Italian boy killed in Burkina Faso attack 18 January 2016 14 August 2017 14 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170814174211/https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among live Portugal 1 France/Morocco 1 United States 1 Netherlands 1 Libya 1Total 30 The gunmen were initially reported to have killed 20 people, but this number was later revised upward to a total of 30 people with one death in the second hotel; at least 56 other people were injured. Three militants were also killed at the first hotel and one in the second hotel.Dearden Lizzie Burkina Faso attack: Fourth attacker killed at second hotel https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-attack-live-assault-reported-at-second-hotel-after-troops-end-al-qaeda-hostage-crisis-a6815571.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-attack-live-assault-reported-at-second-hotel-after-troops-end-al-qaeda-hostage-crisis-a6815571.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 18 January 2016 The Independent 16 January 2016 London Ten bodies were found at the Cappuccino across the street from the hotelhttp://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article55037485.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160117003745/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article55037485.html 2016-01-17 Burkina Faso hotel seizure ends; 4 jihadis, 23 others dead miamiherald 16 January 2016 by firefighters. One of the hostages was an Indian citizen, while at least one of the other wounded was French and another was from the U.S.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35333617 Burkina Faso hotel siege: 'Like a scene out of a movie' BBC News 16 January 2016 21 June 2018 24 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190124013703/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35333617 live The dead were initially reported to be from 18 countries. These included: eight people from Burkina Faso, six Canadians, four of whom were members of the same family from Lac-Beauport, Quebec, another family friend and a member of their visiting party,http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/01/16/des-canadiens-parmi-les-victimes-de-lattaque-jihadiste-a-ouagadougou Quatre membres d'une famille de Lac-Beauport périssent French 17 January 2016 TVA News 18 January 2016 27 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160127034008/http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/01/16/des-canadiens-parmi-les-victimes-de-lattaque-jihadiste-a-ouagadougou livehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burkina-faso-quebecers-killed-1.3407614 Burkina Faso attacks: 6 Quebecers killed were on humanitarian trip 17 January 2016 CBC 17 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117134532/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burkina-faso-quebecers-killed-1.3407614 livehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-hotel-attack-1.3407326 Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians dead, Trudeau says 16 January 2016 CBC 16 January 2016 16 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233813/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-hotel-attack-1.3407326 live four Ukrainians of the same family,http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/radio-free-europeradio-liberty-four-ukrainians-among-dead-in-burkina-faso-attack-406082.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Four Ukrainians among dead in Burkina Faso attack 17 January 2016 KyivPost 17 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117125402/http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/radio-free-europeradio-liberty-four-ukrainians-among-dead-in-burkina-faso-attack-406082.html live two each from Switzerlandhttps://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/news/news-fdfa.html/content/eda/en/meta/news/2016/1/16/60328 Burkina Faso: Zwei Schweizer unter den Opfern German Federal Department of Foreign Affairs 16 January 2016 25 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160125230126/https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/news/news-fdfa.html/content/eda/en/meta/news/2016/1/16/60328 live and France, and one each from Portugal,https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/portugues-entre-os-mortos-no-atentado-a-hotel-no-burkina-faso-4984144.html Português morto no atentado a hotel no Burkina Faso 17 January 2016 Diario de Noticias Portuguese 29 July 2018 14 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181214132314/https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/portugues-entre-os-mortos-no-atentado-a-hotel-no-burkina-faso-4984144.html live the Netherlands, Italy, Libya and the United States. The latter was working for the Christian group Sheltering Wings.L'ancien patron de La Poste suisse fait partie des 29 victimes de la tuerie de Ouagadougou http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/ancien-patron-poste-suisse-partie-29-victimes-tuerie-ouagadougou 16 January 2016 Le Temps French 16 January 2016 16 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233811/https://www.letemps.ch/monde/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou live A dual French-Moroccan victim, who was shot multiple times, died in an Ouagadougou hospital three days later.http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3353 French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui dies after Burkina Faso attacks 18 January 2016 BNO News 19 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160120210234/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3353 20 January 2016 dead She was Leila Alaoui, a photographer on assignment for Amnesty International. Leila Alaoui, Photographer Wounded in Burkina Faso Siege, Dies at 33 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/africa/leila-alaoui-photographer-ouagadougou-attacks-dies.html The New York Times 19 January 2016 19 January 2016 0362-4331 Dan Bilefsky 20 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160120140251/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/africa/leila-alaoui-photographer-ouagadougou-attacks-dies.html live The two Swiss dead were Georgie Lamon, a former cantonal member of parliament,Blutiger Terror erreicht Burkina Faso: Schweizer bei Angriff auf Luxushotel getötet http://www.nzz.ch/international/afrika/zwei-schweizer-sterben-bei-angriff-auf-luxushotel-1.18678249 16 January 2016 Neue Zürcher Zeitung German 16 January 2016 17 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160117005905/http://www.nzz.ch/international/afrika/zwei-schweizer-sterben-bei-angriff-auf-luxushotel-1.18678249 live and Jean-Noël Rey, a former Swiss member of parliament and head of the Swiss post and telecommunications service. Both had been visiting a school created by an association to which they belonged.L'ancien patron de La Poste suisse fait partie des 29 victimes de la tuerie de Ouagadougou http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou 18 January 2016 Le Temps French 16 January 2016 20 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160120001739/http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou live Responsibility Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, an Islamist militant organization whose ultimate goal is to overthrow the Algerian government and create an Islamic State in its place,2007-04-02 The GSPC: Newest Franchise in al-Qaida's Global Jihad https://ctc.usma.edu/the-gspc-newest-franchise-in-al-qaidas-global-jihad/ 2021-03-18 Combating Terrorism Center at West Point en-US 28 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210228104229/https://ctc.usma.edu/the-gspc-newest-franchise-in-al-qaidas-global-jihad/ live claimed responsibility for the attack.https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/688133363111079937 Reuters 16 January 2016 Al Qaeda of Islamic Maghreb says it is responsible for Burkina Faso hotel attack: SITE Intelligence Group 15 January 2016 16 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233813/https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/688133363111079937 live SITE Intelligence Group translated a document that outlined the reason for the attack "revenge against France and the disbelieving West" and that the militants were part of the Mali-based Al-Mourabitoun group. It also quoted a statement from the group as reading: "[The] mujahideen brothers...broke into a restaurant of one of the biggest hotels in the capital of Burkina Faso, and are now entrenched and the clashes are continuing with the enemies of the religion." The group also "asserted the fall of many dead Crusaders." Eyewitnesses said the perpetrators were "light-skinned" and spoke a language not native to the country. Later, two of the attackers were found to be black and one Arab. Of the initially reported six gunmen, at least two of the four perpetrators found were women, according to an announcement by Kaboré. Compoare added that the bodies of three "very young" attackers were found and that they were no older than 26 years old. It was reported on 22 January that three of the six attackers were still on the run.http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/africa/burkina-faso-attackers-on-the-run/index.html Burkina Faso hotel siege: 3 attackers on the run days later Faith Karimi 22 January 2016 CNN 22 January 2016 22 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160122063149/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/africa/burkina-faso-attackers-on-the-run/index.html live Reactions Domestic President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré presided over an emergency cabinet meeting and then, along with Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba arrived at the attack scene at about lunchtime. Kaboré said it was "a barbaric attack that we must fight." National mourning was observed for 72 hours. International The French embassy announced that a "terrorist attack" was underway and urged its citizens to avoid the area. It added that it had no idea if there were any French citizens inside the hotel. The U.S. embassy issued a statement on Twitter indicating that while it was aware of the situation, there was no indication of any citizens inside the hotel and also urged its citizens to avoid the downtown area of Ouagadougou. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a similar advisory. French President François Hollande issued a statement early in the morning of 16 January that read: "The President of the Republic expresses his total support for President Kaboré and for the people of Burkina Faso in the face of this odious and cowardly attack which has struck Ouagadougou." Prime Minister Manuel Valls added on Twitter: "By striking Burkina Faso, terrorists have again struck the world. Together we will respond and we will overcome. #JeSuisOuaga" President of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast Guillaume Soro expressed his "compassion and solidarity" to the "government and people."https://twitter.com/SOROKGUILLAUME/status/688323003978006529 Guillaume K. Soro on Twitter Twitter 16 January 2016 16 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233815/https://twitter.com/SOROKGUILLAUME/status/688323003978006529 live Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attacks.November 2020 In announcing the deaths of his fellow citizens, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned "these senseless acts of violence on innocent civilians." Reporting that Ukrainians were killed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin stated that he was "shocked by the attack" that was "a tragedy for all of us..."https://twitter.com/PavloKlimkin/status/688464512081616898 Pavlo Klimkin on Twitter Twitter 16 January 2016 U.S. State Department Spokesman John Kirby later offered condolences on the death of his fellow citizen and added that his family "are with all those affected by this brutality." The U.S. embassy called it a "senseless assault on innocent people." Regional neighbor Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra also condemned the attacks and expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims, the government and the Burkinabé people.http://www.radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20160116/64667.html L'Algérie condamne avec "la plus grande vigueur" les attaques terroristes à Ouagadougou Radio Algeria French 16 January 2016 18 January 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221190301/http://www.radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20160116/64667.html live Ghana's President John Mahama appointed his former chief of staff, Prosper Douglas Bani, as interior minister to reinforce domestic security following the attacks.http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/World/20160119/2773428.html Ghana's president appoints new interior minister Web India News 19 January 2016 21 January 2016 27 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160127055029/http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/World/20160119/2773428.html live See also 2008 Mumbai attacks 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack 2015 Bamako hotel attack Garissa University College attack List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016 Westgate shopping mall attack 2016 Bamako attack References 30em Category:21st-century mass murders in Burkina Faso Category:Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Africa Category:2016 murders in Burkina Faso Category:21st century in Ouagadougou Category:Attacks on hotels in Africa Category:Attacks on tourists in Africa Category:Hostage taking in Africa Category:Islamic terrorism in Burkina Faso Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:January 2016 crimes in Africa Category:2010s sieges Category:Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Category:2016 mass shootings in Africa Category:2016 mass murders Category:Mass shootings in Burkina Faso Category:Racially motivated violence against white people in Africa Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Category:Terrorist incidents in Burkina Faso in 2016 Category:Arson in Burkina Faso Category:Arson in 2016 Category:Canadian people murdered abroad Category:Ukrainian people murdered abroad Category:Family murders Category:Burkina Faso–Canada relations Category:Burkina Faso–France relations Category:Burkina Faso–Switzerland relations Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2016 Category:2016 in international relations Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Burkina Faso