2018 Ouagadougou attack

terrorist attack on French Embassy in Burkina Faso
Event terrorist_attack Q50312175
2018 Ouagadougou attack
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2018 Ouagadougou attack

Summary

2018 Ouagadougou attack is a terrorist attack[1]. It draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (terrorist_attack category, ranking #91 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack is in the country of Burkina Faso[3].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack's instance of is recorded as terrorist attack[4].
  • The location of 2018 Ouagadougou attack was Ouagadougou[5].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack is part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso[6].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack's target is recorded as Embassy of France, Ouagadougou[7].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack's target is recorded as Burkina Faso military[8].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack took place on March 2, 2018[9].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.36666667, 'lon': -1.51666667}[10].
  • Among those involved in 2018 Ouagadougou attack was al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[11].
  • 2018 Ouagadougou attack caused {'amount': '+85'} injuries[12].

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When and Where

2018 Ouagadougou attack took place on March 2, 2018[9]. It took place at Ouagadougou[5]. It is in the country of Burkina Faso[3].

Context

2018 Ouagadougou attack is part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso[6]. Its instance of is recorded as terrorist attack[4].

Participants

A participant in 2018 Ouagadougou attack was al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb[11].

Outcome and Impact

2018 Ouagadougou attack caused {'amount': '+85'} injuries[12].

Why It Matters

2018 Ouagadougou attack draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (terrorist_attack category, ranking #91 of 326).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

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  9. [11] . france24.com. france24.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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