Leila Alaoui, 33, a French-Moroccan photographer was killed during the deadly terrorist attack in Burkina Faso.
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A Franco-Moroccan national, she was on assignment for Amnesty International for a project called "My body: my rights," which focused on early marriage in Burkina Faso and Mali. She was killed alongside her driver, Mahamadi Ouedraogo, when gunmen attacked the Cappuccino café. Witnesses who described the hours-long siege on Friday said the attackers were targeting foreigners.
Leila was shot in the leg and thorax, Amnesty said, and was taken to hospital where she was stabilized after an operation. A medical evacuation was being prepared when she died of a heart attack on Monday night.
A Facebook post from her mother, widely shared on social media, said she had been shot in five different places and undergone a six-hour operation. Christine Alaoui praised the NGO, Burkinabe hospital staff, and Moroccan embassy for their actions following the attack. But said she was "a very angry French citizen" after the French consulate "was above it all" and did little to help.
Morocco's ambassador to Burkina Faso said Leila died around 9 p.m. on Monday evening. She is due be repatriated to Morocco.
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