Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Saturday received at the presidential palace in Ouagadougou the three hostages who were rescued by French special forces earlier this week.
Two of the freed hostages are French, while one is a South Korean.
The French men were accompanied by the French ambassador, Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, according to a statement from the presidency.
Kabore paid tribute to the soldiers who died during the rescue and expressed his condolences to their families.
Burkinabe security and intelligence forces assisted in the operation.
The two French citizens were kidnapped earlier while visiting a national park in the north of the country.
Their Beninoise guide was found dead in the national park on Saturday.
French special forces freed the hostages in an overnight raid, but two commandos were killed in the operation, authorities in Paris said on Friday.
Over 20 French commandos took part in the…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
