Grand-Bassam shootings

Grand-Bassam shootings
Part of the spillover of the Sahel insurgency
The beach targeted, pictured in 2008
LocationGrand-Bassam, Ivory Coast
Date13 March 2016
Attack type
Mass murder, mass shooting
WeaponsAssault rifles
Hand grenades
Deaths16 civilians[1] and 3 special forces members
(+3 attackers)
Injured33
PerpetratorsAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Mourabitoun
No. of participants
6

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference jeuneafr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Reuters Editorial (14 March 2016). "Death toll in Ivory Coast militant attack rises to 18: government". Reuters. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Ivory Coast hotel shooting: Gunmen 'kill 15 including four Europeans' in Grand Bassam beach resort". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Ivory Coast Hotel Shooting: 12 Dead – Reports". Sky News. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.