Morning Star.png 12 Shot Dead in Côte d'Ivoire The Morning Star, London, 14 March 2016 At least 12 people were killed yesterday when gunmen opened fire at a beach in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam. Four Europeans were said to be among the dead after between two and four attackers stormed the L’Etoile du Sud hotel, taking guests and staff hostage. A police officer said: “For the moment, we have a total of 12 dead, including four Europeans … We don’t know yet if there are others. We are doing clean-up operations right now.” A military official said the militants, armed with firearms and grenades, shouted: “Allahu akbar” (God is great), raising the prospect of links to recent extremist attacks on hotels in Mali and Burkina Faso. A US diplomatic delegation was in the town yesterday, but the embassy in Abidjan said it had no evidence of its staff being targeted and did not confirm reports of casualties among them. From: <http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0cc2-Ivory-Coast-Gun-attack-on-seaside -town-kills-12-people#.VuY8vvl9600> http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0cc2-Ivory-Coast-Gun-attack-on-seaside- town-kills-12-people#.VuY8vvl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
