On March 13, 2016, three gunmen moved along the beach and stormed three adjacent hotels, sometimes shooting people in the sand.
Breakdown
- Ten years since the Grand-Bassam terror attack in Ivory Coast
- Three gunmen attacked hotels, killing multiple foreign nationals 5s
- Attack claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as retaliation 21s
- Fifteen people arrested in connection with the attack 29s
- Ivory Coast has since improved coastal security for tourism 48s