Black Stars escape terror attack in Burkina Faso

The Local Black Stars escaped a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso where they played the home-based Stallions in a CHAN qualifier on Saturday.

The team returned home on Sunday morning and the attack took place that night around 21:00 GMT.

Seventeen people have been killed and eight wounded in the "terrorist attack" in the centre of the capital Ouagadougou.

Three gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a restaurant, witnesses were quoted as saying.

Security forces killed three attackers, but some people are still trapped in the building, Communication Minister Remis Dandjinou says.

A jihadist attack on a cafe nearby left 30 people dead in January last year.