A siege is over at a Burkina Faso hotel seized by suspected Islamist gunmen, the government announced, but reports said a nearby hotel is now under attack.
In all, 126 hostages were freed at the Splendid Hotel in the West African state’s capital, Ouagadougou, the interior minister said.
Three gunmen were killed, he added, amid reports of 20 deaths during the attack, which also targeted a cafe.
French Special Forces are helping local troops in the security operation, the BBC reports.
French President Francois Hollande has condemned the “odious” attack on the former French colony.
The Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group said it carried out the attack.
In November, an AQIM attack on a hotel in the Malian capital Bamako left 19 people dead.
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