Bloodbath at the beach

15 March 2016 - 02:44

By AFP, Bloomberg, Reuters and Staff reporter

Ivory Coast ministers were to hold emergency talks later yesterday after the first jihadist attack in the country left at least 18 people dead at a beach resort popular with foreigners.Armed with grenades and assault rifles, the attackers stormed three hotels in the weekend resort of Grand-Bassam.Witnesses described scenes of panic as gunmen sprayed bullets across the beach.

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