Grand-Bassam shootings
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.
| 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 and 3 special forces members (+3 attackers) |
| Injured | 33 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Al-Mourabitoun |
No. of participants | 6 |
Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam within the Ivory Coast
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