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Gunfire has broken out at the beach resort of Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast. Gunmen have attacked a hotel in the beach resort of Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast, with several deaths reported.
Media reports quote eyewitnesses as saying the shooting began in a hotel. There have been reports of casualties. Eyewitnesses say unidentified, heavily armed assailants fired on guests at the Etoile du Sud hotel. Security forces have been sent to the scene.
Footage posted online show people running away from the beach. Grand Bassam, east of the country's main city Abidjan, is popular with tourists. Grand Bassam, about 40km (25 miles) east of the country's main city Abidjan, is popular with Westerners.
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. Ivory Coast was seen as a model of stability in West Africa until a civil war erupted in 2002.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The conflict pitted the mainly Muslim north and the largely Christian south. Since then, peace deals have alternated with renewed violence.
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A witness of Sunday's attack told AFP news agency 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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