Communication Minister Remi Dandjinou told journalists that at least 17 people were dead and eight others wounded, according to a provisional toll. The victims came from several different nationalities, he said.Okay... there's another country off the vacation list.
Security forces arrived at the scene with armoured vehicles after reports of shots fired near Aziz Istanbul, an upscale restaurant in Ouagadougou.
The attack brought back painful memories of the January 2016 attack at another café that left 30 people dead.
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UPDATE: If Allah wants you......
Two Canadians were among 18 people killed in a suspected extremist attack on a popular restaurant in Burkina Faso.What will it take for PM Selfie to use the words "Islamic Terrorism?"
In 2011, Tammy Jane Mackay Chen co-founded a Canadian charity, Bright Futures of Burkina Faso, that worked toward supporting education for at-risk students in the country. Her doctorate thesis at the University of Cambridge, which she was set to complete her studies in December, was looking at the intergenerational effects of poverty on women in Burkina Faso.
Bilel Diffalah had been a veterinarian in his native Algeria. He had been in Canada for five years, had obtained a certificate in food science systems from the University of Guelph and had worked in the agri-food industry in Canada.