PhotoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunmen believed to be Islamist extremists opened fire at a Turkish restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, late Sunday, killing at least 18 people, the second attack on a restaurant popular with foreigners in two years. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which continued into the early hours of Monday. Security forces and armored vehicles arrived at the crowded restaurant, Aziz Istanbul, after reports of shots being fired. Guy Ye of the police said at least three assailants had arrived at the restaurant on motorcycles and had opened fire, apparently at random. But the terrorist threat in Burkina Faso is increasingly domestic, experts say.

Source: New York Times August 14, 2017 07:52 UTC