DAKAR ¨C France¡¯s ambassador to Burkina Faso said Saturday 27 people had been killed in a hotel attack by militant Islamists in the capital Ouagadougou, slightly higher than a death toll of 23 given earlier by the West African nation¡¯s president.
Ambassador Gilles Thibault also tweeted that 150 people from 18 countries had been rescued from the site of the attack and had received medical treatment.
Meantime, the West African nation¡¯s security ministry also said on Saturday that two Austrian citizens, a doctor and his wife, were kidnapped overnight in northern Burkina Faso near the border with Mali.
The kidnapping occurred in the Baraboule area, the ministry said in a message sent to reporters.
It was not immediately clear whether the abduction was linked to an attack carried against the hotel in the capital.
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