Pelacung Mati Ditembak Pengganas

Ivory Coast-
Dipercayai empat orang terbunuh dalam kejadian serangan yang berlaku di hotel resort L' etoile du Sud pantai Grand Bassam.

Menurut laporan yang belum disahkan,terdapat enam penyerang kesemuanya lelaki bersenjata.
Dalam kejadian ini tidak diketahui berapa ramai pelacung telah tercedera atau ditahan sebagai tebusan oleh pihak penyerang.

Menurut saksi di tempat kejadian ,orang ramai menjerit "Allahu Akbar'' semasa mereka ditembak sewenang-wenangnya.

Resort ini popular dengan pelancong Perancis.

TERRORISTS armed with machine guns have stormed onto a beach resort along the Ivory Coast leaving at least 12 people dead.

Four Europeans are believed to be among the dead following the assault which took place on the L'etoile du Sud hotel in the coastal resort of Grand Bassam.

There are unconfirmed reports that as many as six gunmen may have been involved.

It is unclear at the moment how many tourists have been injured or whether any hostages have been seized.

Police and the army have been scrambled to the beach and medics are at the scene.

The gunmen are believed to be armed with kalishnikovs and grenades and according to reports on Twitter, witnesses at the scene have stated that the men were shouting "Allahu Akbar", Arabic for "God is greater" as they shot indiscriminately.

The resort is popular with French tourists and the attack is sure to spark fears that this is a new islamic State (ISIS) attrocity coming just months after the massacre in Paris which left 130 people dead and around 300 injured.

Shortly after the attack, ISIS said it would be targeting France and its interests for the part it was playing in the coalition airstrikes on Syria.

A total of 34 British tourists were also slaughtered by ISIS fanatics on the beach in Tunisia in June last year.

A police spokesman said: "For the moment, we have a total of 12 dead, including four Europeans.

"We don't know yet if there are others. We are doing clean-up operations right now."

According to local media the shooting began on the beach and terrified holidaymakers fled into the hotel which is about 25 miles east of the country's main city, Abidjan.

Some unconfirmed reports suggest a US delegation including the US ambassador may have been the main target of the attack.

Grand-Bassam is a town in the Ivory Coast, lying on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/652234/Terrorists-armed-with-machine-guns-storm-beach-resort