Al-Qaeda claims Ivorian beach attack as toll reaches 16
Cote d'Ivoire's soldier carries a machine gun as he walks on the beach resort of Grand-Bassam after gunmen went on a shooting rampage in three hotels, on March 13, 2016. Fourteen civilians and two soldiers were killed in the attack, President Alassane Ouattara said. AFP PHOTO | SIA-KAMBOU
An Al-Qaeda affiliate claimed the killing of 16 people by gunmen at a Cote d'Ivoire resort leaving bodies strewn on the beach as fears grow of a mounting jihadist threat in West Africa.
Armed with grenades and assault riffles, the attackers stormed three hotels in the sleepy resort of Grand-Bassam, popular with expats, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the commercial hub Abidjan.
