2016 Ouagadougou attacks Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Responsibility == [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb]], an Islamist militant organization whose ultimate goal is to overthrow the Algerian government and create an Islamic State in its place,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-04-02 |title=The GSPC: Newest Franchise in al-Qaida's Global Jihad |url=https://ctc.usma.edu/the-gspc-newest-franchise-in-al-qaidas-global-jihad/ |access-date=2021-03-18 |website=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228104229/https://ctc.usma.edu/the-gspc-newest-franchise-in-al-qaidas-global-jihad/ |url-status=live }}</ref> claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/688133363111079937|publisher=Reuters|date=16 January 2016|title=Al Qaeda of Islamic Maghreb says it is responsible for Burkina Faso hotel attack: SITE Intelligence Group|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-date=16 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116233813/https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/688133363111079937|url-status=live}}</ref> [[SITE Intelligence Group]] translated a document that outlined the reason for the attack "revenge against France and the disbelieving West" and that the militants were part of the Mali-based [[Al-Mourabitoun (militant group)|Al-Mourabitoun]] group.<ref name="tele"/> It also quoted a statement from the group as reading: "[The] [[mujahideen]] brothers...broke into a restaurant of one of the biggest hotels in the capital of Burkina Faso, and are now entrenched and the clashes are continuing with the enemies of the religion."<ref name="ht"/> The group also "asserted the fall of many dead Crusaders." Eyewitnesses said the perpetrators were "light-skinned" and spoke a language not native to the country.<ref name="wdsu"/> Later, two of the attackers were found to be black and one Arab.<ref name="tele"/> Of the initially reported six gunmen,<ref name="CNN"/> at least two of the four perpetrators found were women, according to an announcement by Kaboré.<ref name="tele"/> Compoare added that the bodies of three "very young" attackers were found<ref name="bbc16"/> and that they were no older than 26 years old.<ref name="temps"/> It was reported on 22 January that three of the six attackers were still on the run.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/africa/burkina-faso-attackers-on-the-run/index.html|title=Burkina Faso hotel siege: 3 attackers on the run days later|first=Faith|last=Karimi|date=22 January 2016|work=CNN|access-date=22 January 2016|archive-date=22 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122063149/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/22/africa/burkina-faso-attackers-on-the-run/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page