Tributes have poured in for a distinguished French-Moroccan photographer who become the latest victim of the terror attack, which struck the heart of Burkina Faso’s capital on Friday night.
Leila Alaoui, who was severely wounded by jihadi gunman in Ouagadougou, died from her injuries late on Monday, Morocco’s MAP news agency reported. The French culture minister, Fleur Pellerin, later confirmed the news on Twitter. The 33-year-old’s death pushed the toll to 30, after the attack in which masked gunmen stormed Ouagadougou’s Splendid hotel and the nearby Cappuccino cafe, as Alaoui and her driver Mahamadi Ouédraogo sat parked outside.
Both were shot multiple times and Ouédraogo, a Burkina Faso national, died at the scene.
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