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People trapped as gunmen kill 17 at a restaurant in Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists have killed at least 17 people and wounded eight during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso.

OUAGADOUGOU: Suspected jihadists killed at least 17 people and wounded eight during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital, the communications minister said, as security forces sought to free people still trapped inside on Monday.

A Reuters witness saw customers running out of the Aziz Istanbul restaurant in central Ouagadougou as police and paramilitary gendarmerie surrounded it amid gunfire.

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