2 Spanish Citizens Dead After Attack in East Burkina Faso

2 Spanish Citizens Dead After Attack in East Burkina Faso
Soldiers patrol aboard a pick-up truck on a road in Burkina Faso, on Feb. 3, 2020. Olympia De Maismont/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Two Spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, the Spanish government said on Tuesday.

The Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen went missing during an attack by gunmen Monday near a national park, said Arancha González Laya, Spain’s foreign affairs minister, in a press conference.