Ivory Coast march over vote turns violent
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at stone-throwing protesters in Ivory Coast on Thursday, with at least three people shot dead as a tense political showdown turned violent between supporters of the two men claiming the nation’s presidency. An Associated Press reporter in Abidjan’s downtrodden Abobo neighborhood saw the bodies of three men laying in the street. One had been shot in the head, two others in the chest. Several more also wounded by midmorning in clashes elsewhere, according to AP journalists on the scene. The violence brought skyscraper-lined Abidjan to a standstill. Businesses were closed and fearful residents stayed home. City…
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