Abidjan, Jan 2, 2025 (AFP) - Burkina jails two for life over 2017 restaurant attack

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2025-01-02

A court in Burkina Faso has sentenced two people to life in prison over a 2017 attack on a Turkish restaurant in the capital that killed 19 people, officials said. Two gunmen opened fire on people at the Aziz Istanbul restaurant on Ouagadougou's main avenue in August 2017. No claim of responsibility was made for the attack, which followed several others targeting spots popular with expatriates. "Two defendants... were tried during a session in......

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