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Monday, 14 March 2016

At Least 16 Dead in Shooting at Ivory Coast Beach Resort


At least 12 civilians and two soldiers have been killed in a shooting at two hotels in the Ivory Coast, French media say.

A witness quoted by RFI said that at least two gunmen ‘armed with machine guns’ opened fire on guests and staff near a number of hotels popular with western tourists in Grand Bassam, which is about 40km east of the capital, Abidjan.

Other reports suggest as many as ten gunmen may have been involved.


AFP reports that men wearing balaclavas ‘fired at guests at the L’Etoile du Sud, a large hotel which was full of expats in the current heatwave.’

At least 14 civilians and two soldiers have been killed in the shooting, including four Europeans, a source told Reuters.



The victims include five men, five women, and one child, the government said, though they did not expand on whether these were deaths or injuries.

‘They shot at everyone,’ a witness told Connexion Ivoirienne.‘They are going from hotel to hotel.’
Graphic images of the dead have been posted to social media.

Security services from the National Police and French armed forces are now on the site and evacuating the beach.

Al Qaeda have claimed responsibility for the attack.


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