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Do not fill this in! ==Casualties== {| class="wikitable centre sortable" |+ Deaths by nationality !Country !Number !Note |- | {{flagu|Burkina Faso}} ! 10 !<ref name="yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/attaque-jihadiste-au-burkina-ouagadougou-choc-craint-lavenir-131542465.html|title=Attaque jihadiste au Burkina: Ouagadougou sous le choc craint pour l'avenir|access-date=14 August 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814145436/https://fr.news.yahoo.com/attaque-jihadiste-au-burkina-ouagadougou-choc-craint-lavenir-131542465.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagu|Canada}} ! 6 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|Ukraine}} ! 4 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|France}} ! 2 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|Switzerland}} ! 2 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|Italy}} ! 1 !<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among|title=Nine-year-old Italian boy killed in Burkina Faso attack|date=18 January 2016|access-date=14 August 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814174211/https://www.thelocal.it/20160118/nine-year-old-italian-boy-killed-among|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagu|Portugal}} ! 1 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|France}}/{{flagu|Morocco}} ! 1 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|United States}} ! 1 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|Netherlands}} ! 1 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- | {{flagu|Libya}} ! 1 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |- |- class="sortbottom" |'''Total''' ! 30 !<ref name="yahoo.com"/> |} The gunmen were initially reported to have killed 20 people,<ref name="dead"/> but this number was later revised upward to a total of 30 people<ref name="BNO2016"/> with one death in the second hotel; at least 56 other people were injured.<ref name="bbc16"/> Three militants were also killed at the first hotel<ref name="ib"/> and one in the second hotel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dearden|first1=Lizzie|title=Burkina Faso attack: Fourth attacker killed at second hotel|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-attack-live-assault-reported-at-second-hotel-after-troops-end-al-qaeda-hostage-crisis-a6815571.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/burkina-faso-attack-live-assault-reported-at-second-hotel-after-troops-end-al-qaeda-hostage-crisis-a6815571.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=18 January 2016|work=The Independent|date=16 January 2016|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ten bodies were found at the Cappuccino across the street from the hotel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article55037485.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117003745/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article55037485.html|archivedate=2016-01-17|title=Burkina Faso hotel seizure ends; 4 jihadis, 23 others dead|work=miamiherald|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> by firefighters.<ref name="tele"/> One of the hostages was an Indian citizen,<ref name="ib"/> while at least one of the other wounded was French<ref name="bbc16"/> and another was from the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35333617|title=Burkina Faso hotel siege: 'Like a scene out of a movie'|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=24 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124013703/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35333617|url-status=live}}</ref> Persons of 18 nationalities were initially reported as being among the dead.<ref name="tele"/> These included: eight locals from Burkina Faso,<ref name="bbc16"/> six Canadians, four of whom were members of the same family from [[Lac-Beauport, Quebec]], another family friend and a member of their visiting party,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/01/16/des-canadiens-parmi-les-victimes-de-lattaque-jihadiste-a-ouagadougou|title=Quatre membres d'une famille de Lac-Beauport périssent|language=French|date=17 January 2016|publisher=TVA News|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=27 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127034008/http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/01/16/des-canadiens-parmi-les-victimes-de-lattaque-jihadiste-a-ouagadougou|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cbc17">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burkina-faso-quebecers-killed-1.3407614|title=Burkina Faso attacks: 6 Quebecers killed were on humanitarian trip|date=17 January 2016|publisher=CBC|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117134532/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/burkina-faso-quebecers-killed-1.3407614|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cbc16">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-hotel-attack-1.3407326|title=Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians dead, Trudeau says|date=16 January 2016|publisher=CBC|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233813/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burkina-faso-hotel-attack-1.3407326|url-status=live}}</ref> four Ukrainians of the same family,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/radio-free-europeradio-liberty-four-ukrainians-among-dead-in-burkina-faso-attack-406082.html|title=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Four Ukrainians among dead in Burkina Faso attack|date=17 January 2016|publisher=KyivPost|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117125402/http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/radio-free-europeradio-liberty-four-ukrainians-among-dead-in-burkina-faso-attack-406082.html|url-status=live}}</ref> two each from Switzerland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/news/news-fdfa.html/content/eda/en/meta/news/2016/1/16/60328|title=Burkina Faso: Zwei Schweizer unter den Opfern|language=German|publisher=Federal Department of Foreign Affairs|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125230126/https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/fdfa/news/news-fdfa.html/content/eda/en/meta/news/2016/1/16/60328|url-status=live}}</ref> and France,<ref name="bbc16"/> and one each from Portugal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/portugues-entre-os-mortos-no-atentado-a-hotel-no-burkina-faso-4984144.html|title=Português morto no atentado a hotel no Burkina Faso|date=17 January 2016|work=Diario de Noticias|language=Portuguese|access-date=29 July 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214132314/https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/portugues-entre-os-mortos-no-atentado-a-hotel-no-burkina-faso-4984144.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the Netherlands, Italy, Libya and the United States.<ref name="bbc16"/> The latter was working for the Christian group [[Sheltering Wings]].<ref name="tmps2">{{cite news|title=L'ancien patron de La Poste suisse fait partie des 29 victimes de la tuerie de Ouagadougou|url=http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/ancien-patron-poste-suisse-partie-29-victimes-tuerie-ouagadougou|access-date=16 January 2016|work=[[Le Temps]]|language=French|date=16 January 2016|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233811/https://www.letemps.ch/monde/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou|url-status=live}}</ref> A dual French-Moroccan victim, who was shot multiple times, died in an Ouagadougou hospital three days later.<ref name="BNO2016">{{cite news |url=http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3353 |title=French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui dies after Burkina Faso attacks |date=18 January 2016 |work=[[BNO News]] |access-date=19 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120210234/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3353 |archive-date=20 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She was [[Leila Alaoui]], a photographer on assignment for [[Amnesty International]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Leila Alaoui, Photographer Wounded in Burkina Faso Siege, Dies at 33|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/africa/leila-alaoui-photographer-ouagadougou-attacks-dies.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 January 2016|access-date = 19 January 2016|issn = 0362-4331|first = Dan|last = Bilefsky|archive-date = 20 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160120140251/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/africa/leila-alaoui-photographer-ouagadougou-attacks-dies.html|url-status = live}}</ref> The two Swiss dead were [[Georgie Lamon]], a former [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantonal]] member of parliament,<ref>{{cite news|title=Blutiger Terror erreicht Burkina Faso: Schweizer bei Angriff auf Luxushotel getötet|url=http://www.nzz.ch/international/afrika/zwei-schweizer-sterben-bei-angriff-auf-luxushotel-1.18678249|access-date=16 January 2016|work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]|language=German|date=16 January 2016|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117005905/http://www.nzz.ch/international/afrika/zwei-schweizer-sterben-bei-angriff-auf-luxushotel-1.18678249|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jean-Noël Rey]], a former Swiss member of parliament and head of the [[Postal Telegraph and Telephone (Switzerland)|Swiss post and telecommunications service]]. Both had been visiting a school created by an association to which they belonged.<ref name="temps">{{cite news|title=L'ancien patron de La Poste suisse fait partie des 29 victimes de la tuerie de Ouagadougou|url=http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou|access-date=18 January 2016|work=Le Temps|language=French|date=16 January 2016|archive-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120001739/http://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/01/16/terrorisme-aveugle-frappe-ouagadougou|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tmps2"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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