In a restaurant. “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Suspected jihadists kill 18 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant,” by Thiam Ndiaga, Reuters, August 14, 2017:
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 18 people and wounded several during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital overnight, but security forces shot dead both attackers and freed people trapped inside the building.
“This is a terrorist attack,” Communications Minister Remi Dandjinou told a news conference on Monday.
Burkina Faso, like other countries in West Africa, has been targeted sporadically by jihadist groups. Most attacks have been along its remote northern border with Mali, which has seen activity by Islamist militants for more than a decade.
A Reuters witness saw customers running out of the Aziz Istanbul restaurant in central Ouagadougou as police and paramilitary gendarmerie surrounded it, amid gunfire….
gravenimage says
Burkina Faso: Islamic jihadists raid restaurant, murder 18
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Burkina Faso isn’t Islamic *enough* for these pious Jihadists.
God, I hate Islam.
ElderlyZionist says
‘aziz istanbul patisserie cafe’ Do you suppose they served halal food? Maybe the wait staff weren’t sufficiently ‘covered’.
somehistory says
When I read this early today, it amazed me to see that it was labeled “terrorism” right off the bat.
No dilly dally. Authorities should be able to that everywhere moslums attack to murder innocent people.
More Ham Ed says
“They opened fire on an outside seating area outside then moved indoors, where The NYT notes a family had been celebrating a 9-year-old boy’s birthday.”
The world is heading toward an every-person-carries-a-firearm policy or there won’t be a society.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/14/543377080/at-least-18-dead-after-gunmen-seize-a-cafe-for-hours-in-burkina-faso
[P.S. not a fan of NPR, (National Propaganda Radio) just referencing the article].
Bob says
The communications minister said, at least, that it was a terrorist attack, and didn’t ascribe it to “a mental problem” as European authorities would’ve done!
Mike Proulx says
I spent many years in Burkina Faso, the Jihadist will not get away with this Burkinabe’s don’t put up with crap like the European brainwashed leaders who worship the Pope.
Gary says
Strike terror? Let’s talk about terror. Let’s talk about eternal terror…
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet” Colossians 2:15
With what’s coming….. I sure wouldn’t want to be muslim.
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