A Turkish national was among those killed in the attack in Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Monday.
The ministry said another Turk was wounded in Sunday’s raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital, which killed at least 17 people.
The gunmen attacked the Aziz Istanbul restaurant in central Ouagadougou late on Sunday.
Burkina Faso security forces killed three of the suspected jihadist attackers, but there are still people trapped inside the building, Communications Minister Remi Dandjinou said.
NAN reports that Burkina Faso, like other countries in West Africa, has been targeted sporadically by jihadist groups operating across Africa’s Sahel.
Most attacks have been along its remote northern border region with Mali, which has seen attacks by Islamist militants for more than a decade.
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