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Former soldier suspected of involvement in Burkina Faso attacks

France24 A former Burkina Faso soldier may have participated in Friday’s simultaneous attacks by al Qaeda-linked extremists on the army headquarters and heavily-guarded French Embassy in the capital, Ouagadougou. The simultaneous attacks resulted in the deaths of nine jihadists and seven soldiers at the army headquarters in Ouagadougou. One of the killed soldiers is believed to have been fired from the army after… Read more »