WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE BURKINA FASO ATTACK:
- Gunmen storm Splendid Hotel and cafe in Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou
- they detonated a car bomb in front of the hotel entrance, witnesses say, torched cars and fired in the air
- take hostages in hotel, woman says they were targeting whites
- jihadist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility
- 20 people killed, hospital director says
- operation to retake hotel begins supported by French Special Forces and US intelligence agents
- 126 hostages freed, 3 jihadists killed by security forces
- hotel often frequented by foreigners and UN personnel
- attack less than two months after Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital Bamako was assaulted on November 20, killing 20, by same group.
