23 die in Qaeda seizure of Burkina Faso hotel

Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): Burkina Faso and French forces killed a fourth extremist on Saturday after freeing 126 people and killing three other attackers to end the seizure of a luxury hotel by al-Qaeda-linked militants, Burkina Faso officials said.

In addition to the extremists, at least 23 people were killed in the attack at the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, the capital, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said. The fourth jihadist was killed when security forces cleared out a second hotel that was nearby.