OUAGADOUGOU, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin' (JNIM) has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, according to Mauritanian private agency "Al Akhbar" Saturday.
The group JNIM, founed in 2017, has declared their allegiance to Al-Qaeda. They have claimed that the attacks in Ouagadougou Friday is in response to the death of several of their leaders in a raid in northern Mali two weeks ago.
As of now, a least 16 people were killed including eight Burkinabe soldiers, and another 80 were injured after the Friday attacks that targeted the French embassy and the headquarters of the army.
At least two people suspected to be linked to the attacks have been arrested and investigations are ongoing, a judicial source told Xinhua.
