French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said six people carried out the deadly attacks on the cafe and hotel in Burkina Faso's capital, and three are still on the loose.
But Burkina Faso authorities on Wednesday insisted that only three jihadis carried out the attacks and were killed, although more accomplices are being sought.
At least 30 people were killed in last Friday's attacks on targets in Ouagadougou frequented by Westerners.
He also said that three attacks in Burkina Faso that day were "distinct but certainly coordinated." An Australian couple was kidnapped in the country's north and two were killed in an attack on a district administrator's escort, he said.
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Burkina Faso army spokesman Guy Herve Ye said the army is searching for other suspects and perhaps that is what the prime minister is referring to.
"They were only three who conducted the raid. Our intelligence and videos show it," he said, adding that the attackers were well trained.
Questions have been raised about the length of time it took for authorities to find the attackers, who hid at the neighboring Taxi Brousse restaurant.
Within 30 minutes the president of Burkina Faso had asked the French ambassador for help, according to a French official who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the press. It would be four more hours, though, before French special forces arrived at the scene to help flush out the attackers and Burkina Faso's military was awaiting their help.
The odor of the attackers' dead bodies still lingered from that restaurant today, as investigations continued.