Event
30 people are killed and 56 injured in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant
16 Jan 2016 · 12.36° N, 1.52° W
What the records say
- When
- 16 Jan 2016
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 12.36° N, 1.52° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2016 Ouagadougou attacks.
Summary
30 people are killed and 56 injured in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un atentado terrorista en un hotel en Uagadugú (Burkina Faso) deja al menos 29 personas muertas y 30 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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