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Two French soldiers have been killed during the rescue operation by special forces of four people being held hostage by an armed group in Burkina Faso in West Africa.<\/p>\n
The operation took place at night with the support of US military and intelligence units, which are based in Chad. The hostages were an American woman, a South Korean woman and two male French tourists, who had been abducted on May 1st in a national park in Benin. The hostage takers were killed during the operation.<\/p>\n
The quartet had all been captured in Benin and then taken over the border to the north of neighbouring Burkina Faso, where the rescue operation took place.<\/p>\n
France named the freed French hostages as Patrick Picque and Laurent Lassimouillas. The two soldiers killed were Cedric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello.<\/p>\n
France's Armed Forces minister Florence Parly said:\u00a0\"The message to all robbers and terrorists is clear: Those who attack France and French citizens must know that we will not decline efforts to track them down, to find them and to neutralise them. We will never abandon our compatriots.\"<\/em><\/p>\nThe two French tourists had been abducted in the Pendjari National Park in northern Benin, known for its large population of white elephants, West African lions, hippopotamuses and buffaloes. 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We have observed this strategy in other countries in the region and in the world,\" said Rinaldo Depagne, West Africa Project Director at International Crisis Group. \n\nAround 55 to 60 percent of Burkina Faso's population is Muslim, roughly 20-25 percent are Christian and the rest follow indigenous religions, according to the US State Department. \n\n","htmlText":"
Unidentified gunmen killed a pastor and five congregants at a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The West African nation has seen an upsurge of jihadist violence this year, but it is the first time a church is targeted.<\/p>\n
Government spokesman Remy Fulgance Dandjinou said the attack took place in the commune of Silgadji.<\/p>\n
At least two other persons are missing, a security source told AFP.<\/p>\n
\"The attack took place around 1 p.m. local time, when congregants left the church at the end of the religious service,\" a witness told AFP.\"<\/p>\n
\"The attackers were on motorbikes and fired shots in the air before targeting congregants,\" the witness said.<\/p>\n
Jihadist violence on the rise in Burkina<\/h2>
On Friday (26 April), attackers on motorbikes killed six people in the eastern Koulpego province, including five teachers at a local school.<\/p>\n
Dandjinou said on Monday that the latest attack was the first to target a church in the majority Muslim country where religious groups have historically lived together peacefully.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso, which boasts of a history of religious tolerance, has been beset by a rise in attacks as groups based in neighbouring Mali seek to extend their influence over the Sahel, the arid scrubland south of the Sahara.<\/p>\n
A total of 350 people have been killed since 2015, according to an AFP tally.<\/p>\n
The government declared a state of emergency in several northern provinces bordering Mali in December because of deadly Islamist attacks, including in Soum, the region where Sunday's attack took place.<\/p>\n
\"Armed groups...have every interest in troubling or going against the good understanding between religions. We have observed this strategy in other countries in the region and in the world,\" said Rinaldo Depagne, West Africa Project Director at International Crisis Group.<\/p>\n
Around 55 to 60 percent of Burkina Faso's population is Muslim, roughly 20-25 percent are Christian and the rest follow indigenous religions, according to the US State Department.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1556548009,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1556552464,"firstPublishedAt":1556552466,"lastPublishedAt":1556553605,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/03\/83\/65\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_201cf2e8-4fc0-591f-be6a-0f72ee0f1fc5-3836504.jpg","altText":"FILE PHOTO Police and paramilitary forces in Ouagadougou, 2017","caption":"FILE PHOTO Police and paramilitary forces in Ouagadougou, 2017","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"FILE PHOTO, 2017\/REUTERS\/Reuters TV","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1919,"height":1078}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1708,"urlSafeValue":"amiel","title":"Sandrine 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Nine presumed Islamic militants have been killed along with seven soldiers in a series of coordinated attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, according to official sources.<\/p>\n
Five attackers were killed at the army's headquarters while four more gunmen are said to have been neutralised at the French Embassy. <\/p>\n