#BreakingNews 18 Killed by Terrorists at Restaurant in Bukina Faso - including many tourists - please Pray

Many were killed when gunmen attacked a Burkina Faso restaurant. Suspected extremists have killed several foreigners during a raid at a Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. At least two assailants were shot dead by police. 18 people were killed and eight others wounded in the attack, Communications Minister Remi Dandjinou told reporters One French citizen and several other foreigners were included in the provisional death toll. Up to four attackers on motorbikes opened fire on dining visitors in Aziz Istanbul, an upscale Turkish restaurant in downtown Ouagadougou, police said. Security forces evacuated civilians from the site before moving against the suspects in armored vehicles. Witnesses reported hearing heavy gunfire for several hours after the initial raid. No terrorist group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack and the nationality of the attackers remained unknown. However, the shooting resembles a similar assault in January 2016, when three al Qaeda-linked jihadists killed at least 30 people at Cappuccino Cafe in Ouagadougou, located just 200 meters away from the Turkish restaurant, before holing up in a nearby hotel. Almost half of the victims were foreigners. Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, shares its northern border with Mali, which has long battled Islamic extremists. The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said France's leader would speak with his Burkina Faso counterpart, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, on Monday to evaluate the security situation in Ouagadougou. Text edited from Deutsche Welle News