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'At least 28 killed' in Burkina Faso hotel siege

At least 28 people of 18 different nationalities have been killed in an attack by Islamist militants at a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital.

The Al-Qaeda linked Islamic Maghreb militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack which has been described as "cowardly and vile", by the nation's president.

Four attackers, including two women, are said to have been killed during a security operation which freed 126 hostages.

Meanwhile, two Austrian citizens, a doctor and his wife, have been kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso, the country's security ministry said.

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Attackers 'targeted westerners' in hotel siege

Terrorists appeared to deliberate targeted westerners in a bloody attack on a Burkina Faso hotel popular with foreigners and a nearby cafe, witnesses have said.

Report by ITV News correspondent Martha Fairlie

"They started to shoot at everyone," one woman who was in the cafe during the attack told ITV News.

"We dropped to the ground and as soon as anyone raised their heads they fired straight at them immediately.

We had to play dead. They shook people by the foot to see if they were alive or not. If they were alive, they shot."

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