Attack on Ivory Coast police station kills three soldiers

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a police station in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, early on Sunday, killing three soldiers, police said. The attack occurred at around 3.30 in the morning in the Yopougon neighbourhood, scene of some of the fiercest fighting during a brief post-election civil war last year. “According to the accounts of local residents who saw the attack, there were about 10 assailants armed with AK-47 rifles, and they had one heavy weapon with them,” said police superintendent Kouame Lazou. …

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