2018 Ouagadougou attacks

2018 Ouagadougou attack
2018 Ouagadougou attack
Part of the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
	Smoke rises from the French embassy
Location	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Date	2 March 2018
Target	French embassy; National army headquarters; French Institute;
Attack type	Shooting, suicide car bombing
Deaths	8 (+8 attackers)
Injured	85
Perpetrators	al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin;

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.^[1]

^ "Burkina Faso attack: Gunmen strike in Ouagadougou". BBC News. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[BBC-1] "Burkina Faso attack: Gunmen strike in Ouagadougou". BBC News. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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