Attack on Ivory Coast hotel leaves 5 dead
Emerging reports says gunmen have attacked a hotel in the beach resort of Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast, with at least five people dead in the latest report.
Eyewitnesses say unidentified, heavily armed assailants fired on guests at the Etoile du Sud hotel, and security forces have been sent to the scene.
Grand Bassam, about 40km east of the country’s capital Abidjan, is popular with Westerners.
Radio France Internationale quotes an official as saying five people were killed, but other reports put the death toll higher.
An eye witness said that “heavily armed men wearing balaclavas” had fired at guests at the L’Etoile du Sud, which AFP says was full of expats in the current heatwave.
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