4 Killed In Attack On Ivory Coast Candidate Office

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) – Armed men attacked a presidential candidate’s office in Ivory Coast overnight, provoking fear and uncertainty on Thursday, the day after the electoral commission missed a deadline to issue results from a tight presidential runoff. Unidentified men armed with automatic weapons attacked an office of presidential challenger Alassane Ouattara overnight despite a curfew, killing four people and wounding 14 others in the Abidjan district of Yopougon, said local party security chief Coulibaly Diomande. Ouattara’s party accuses incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo – whose mandate expired five years ago – of trying…

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4 Killed In Attack On Ivory Coast Candidate Office

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