Burkina Faso captures key attack suspect

OUAGADOUGOU: A suspected key figure in the deadly Burkina Faso attacks has been arrested, a government source said Sunday, adding the assailants had seemingly benefited from inflitrating the army. The suspect could be “one of the brains” behind Friday´s attacks which left seven soldiers dead, the source told AFP. He noted “very strong suspicions” that “army infiltrators” had passed information to the assailants for the coordinated attacks in the capital claimed by GSIM, a jihadist group allied to al-Qaeda. Another government source had Saturday indicated the assailants appeared to be “aware of the typical routines and practices” at army headquarters, which explains the “ease” with which they reached their target.