What the records say
- When
- 2 Mar 2018
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 8
- Coordinates
- 12.37° N, 1.52° W
- Wounded
- 85
2018 Ouagadougou attacks
Terrorist attack on French Embassy in Burkina Faso
On 2 March 2018, at least eight heavily armed militants launched an assault on key locations throughout Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Targets included the French embassy and the headquarters of Burkina Faso's military.
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