![ICOAST-UNREST-ATTACK EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Ivorian security forces evacuate people after heavily armed gunmen opened fire on March 13, 2016 at a hotel in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam. At least five people were killed on March 13 when heavily-armed gunmen opened fire in the Ivory Coast resort town of Grand-Bassam, leaving bodies strewn on the beach. "At the moment there are five dead," a military source said on condition of anonymity after the assault in the resort popular with Westerners. / AFP PHOTO / SIA-KAMBOUSIA-KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-001.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![ICOAST-UNREST-ATTACK EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Ivorian security forces evacuate people after heavily armed gunmen opened fire on March 13, 2016 at a hotel in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam. At least five people were killed on March 13 when heavily-armed gunmen opened fire in the Ivory Coast resort town of Grand-Bassam, leaving bodies strewn on the beach. "At the moment there are five dead," a military source said on condition of anonymity after the assault in the resort popular with Westerners. / AFP PHOTO / SIA-KAMBOUSIA-KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-001.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A body is seen covered with tarp on the beach in Bassam ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH OR INJURY A body is seen covered with tarp on the beach in Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago TEMPLATE OUT](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Soldiers stand guard in front of the Etoile du Sud hotel in Bassam Soldiers stand guard in front of the Etoile du Sud hotel in Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-003.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara reacts next to Ivory Coast's army chief Soumaila Bakayoko as he arrives at the hotel Etoile du Sud in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara reacts next to Ivory Coast's army chief Soumaila Bakayoko as he arrives at the hotel Etoile du Sud in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-004.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Security officers examine a hotel after an attack in Grand Bassam Security officers examine a hotel after an attack in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-005.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The hand of a person killed is seen after an attack in Grand Bassam The hand of a person killed is seen after an attack in Grand Bassam](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-006.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![ICOAST-ATTACKS-BEACH-UNREST EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Bodies are seen on a beach after heavily armed gunmen opened fire on March 13, 2016 at a hotel in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam. At least five people were killed on march 13 when heavily-armed gunmen opened fire in the Ivory Coast resort town of Grand-Bassam, leaving bodies strewn on the beach. "At the moment there are five dead," a military source said on condition of anonymity after the assault in the resort popular with Westerners. / AFP PHOTO / SIA-KAMBOUSIA-KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-007.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![People comfort each other in Bassam People comfort each other in Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-008.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A security officer walks on the beach after an attack in Grand Bassam A security officer walks on the beach after an attack in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Penney](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ivory-coast-attack-009.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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