French Troops Free Four Hostages In Burkina Faso. Two Commandos Killed

Daily Mail: US citizen is among four hostages rescued in Burkina Faso as France reveals two soldiers were killed in the mission to free them

* Two French soldiers were killed in action as four hostages rescued in West Africa
* Men identified as Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello by Élysée Palace
* French President Emmanuel Macron expressed condolences for the two deaths

A US woman was among four hostages rescued in Burkina Faso, West Africa on Friday as France revealed two soldiers were killed in the mission to free them.

The two soldiers died in a military operation to rescue the woman, a South Korean woman and two Frenchmen in the Sahel region of Africa overnight on May 9.

The operation took place in a bid to free two French tourists, Patrick Picque and Laurent Lassimouillas, who had disappeared in the remote Pendjari National Park in Benin on May 1.

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large;">More News On Today's French Military Operation In Burkina Faso
Four hostages rescued in Sahel, including two French tourists kidnapped in Benin -- France 24
French troops free hostages in Burkina Faso -- BBC
Hostages freed in deadly mission that leaves two French soldiers dead in West Africa -- Euronews
Burkina Faso rescue operation frees American, leaves 2 French commandos dead -- NBC
American hostage among four freed in western Africa following French special forces raid; two soldiers killed -- FOX News
2 French soldiers killed while freeing 4 kidnapped tourists in Burkina Faso -- RT

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