Reuters: Al Qaeda gunmen kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack
Gunmen from al Qaeda's North African branch killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the Islamists' growing reach in West Africa.
Six shooters targeted hotels on a beach at Grand Bassam, a weekend retreat popular with westerners about 40 km (25 miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan, before being killed in clashes with Ivorian security forces, the government said.
"Six attackers came onto the beach in Bassam this afternoon," Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said during a visit to the site. "We have 14 civilians and two special forces soldiers who were unfortunately killed."
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Update: Apparently a senior U.S. government official was the target .... Ivory Coast gunmen who killed 16 had sights set on Obama official, source says (FOX News). More news here .... 'One child said a Muslim prayer and was spared, the other was killed': How five-year-old boy pleaded for his life before being shot dead by al Qaeda terrorists as they singled out victims in Ivory Coast beach attack 'targeting US diplomats' (Daily Mail).
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