#splendid hotel
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At least 20 people have been killed and more than 15 people injured after masked gunmen stormed a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital city of Ouagadougou. The nationalities of those killed remains unclear. France's Ambassador in Ouagadougou, who earlier said the incident was a 'terrorist attack', said that an operation was underway to rescue hostages from inside the four-star Splendid Hotel. Up to 60 hostages have been freed from the hotel after security forces launched a rescue operation. According to…