Riddering leaves behind four children, two of whom were adopted from Burkina Faso. He also announced on the national broadcaster, Burkina 24, that security forces would be stepping up their efforts to thwart future attacks and asked people to comply with the new restrictions.
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Jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claims it carried out the attack in the West African nation, saying the gunmen were from the Al-Murabitoun group of notorious Algerian extremist Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Boyle says Riddering arrived early and was in the cafe with a pastor, and when the attack started they ran in different directions. Among those killed in the hotel and a restaurant were six Canadians, two French and two Swiss.
A nine-year-old Italian boy and his mother were killed in the assault on Cappuccino, the restaurant attacked opposite the Splendid Hotel, Italy’s foreign ministry said on Sunday. Seven bodies are yet to be identified, and the list is subject to change. “And that’s backbreaking work”.
The siege at the hotel was declared over following a joint operation by Burkina Faso troops and French security forces based in the city under a regional counter-terrorism initiative.
In a separate incident two Australian humanitarian workers were kidnapped by extremists in northern Burkina Faso.
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Justin Trudeau led a moment of silence for the victims of this weekend’s terrorist attack on a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso, an outrage that left six Canadians among the dead.
