Burkina Faso: multiple terror attacks rock Ouagadougou

Several people were wounded and four militants killed in clashes in capital

Burkina Faso attack
Black smoke billows above downtown Ouagadougou this morning
(Image credit: Ahmed Ouoba/AFP/Getty Images)

The capital of Burkina Faso has come under attack by suspected Islamist terrorists, police say.

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