Back هجمات بوركينا فاسو 2016 Arabic Atac a l'hotel Splendid de Ouagadougou Catalan Atentado en Uagadugú de 2016 Spanish 2016. aasta Ouagadougou rünnakud Estonian Burkina Fason terrori-iskut 2016 Finnish Attentat de Ouagadougou (2016) French Serangan Ouagadougou 2016 ID Attentati di Ouagadougou del 2016 Italian 2016년 와가두구 테러 Korean 2016 m. Uagadugu teroristiniai išpuoliai Lithuanian
| 2016 Ouagadougou Islamic terrorist attacks | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso, Islamist insurgency in the Sahel and Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) | |
 The Splendid Hotel in 2008 | |
  The Splendid Hotel  The Splendid Hotel | |
| Location | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Coordinates | 12°21′40″N 1°31′05″W / 12.36111°N 1.51806°W |
| Date | 15–16 January 2016 19:30 – ~next morning (GMT) |
| Target | 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 |
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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