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Attack on Ivory Coast police station kills five soldiers

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05-08-2012 | 10:17

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Attack on Ivory Coast police station kills five soldiers

Gunmen stormed a police station in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, early on Sunday, killing five 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.

"We don't yet know the motive of this attack, but this is a very serious act," he said, adding that the attackers had fled with the weapons of the murdered soldiers.

The West African nation, the world's biggest cocoa producer, is recovering from a decade of political deadlock and civil unrest.

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