Grand-Bassam shootings
Terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast on 13 March 2016 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 13 March 2016, three Islamist gunmen opened fire at a beach resort in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, killing at least 19 people and injuring 33 others.[1][2][3][4]
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Part of the spillover of the Sahel insurgency | |
Location | Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast |
Date | 13 March 2016 |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting |
Weapons | Assault rifles Hand grenades |
Deaths | 16 civilians[1] and 3 special forces members (+3 attackers) |
Injured | 33 |
Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Mourabitoun |
No. of participants | 6 |
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