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Ivory Coast: Shooting at Grand Bassam beach resort | |
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Gunfire has broken out at the beach resort of Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast. | |
Media reports quote eyewitnesses as saying the shooting began in a hotel. There have been reports of casualties. | |
Footage posted online show people running away from the beach. Grand Bassam, east of the country's main city Abidjan, is popular with tourists. | |
Ivory Coast was largely stable until a conflict between the north and the south erupted in 2002. Since then, peace deals have alternated with renewed violence. | |
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