| Grand-Bassam shootings | |
|---|---|
| Part of the spillover of the Sahel insurgency | |
 The beach targeted, pictured in 2008 | |
| 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 |
Grand-Bassam
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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{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Ivory Coast hotel shooting: Gunmen 'kill 15 including four Europeans' in Grand Bassam beach resort". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Ivory Coast Hotel Shooting: 12 Dead – Reports". Sky News. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.