I.Coast Hands Down Four Life Terms For 2016 Jihadist Attack
Umer Jamshaid Published December 28, 2022 | 09:43 PM
A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four men convicted of abetting a jihadist attack on a resort that left 19 people dead
Abidjan, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Dec, 2022 ) :A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four men convicted of abetting a jihadist attack on a resort that left 19 people dead.
The court in Abidjan, the country's commercial hub, found the four "guilty of the deeds for which they are accused and sentences them to life imprisonment," Judge Charles Bini announced.
The March 13, 2016 assault was the first jihadist attack in Ivory Coast, one of West Africa's economic powerhouses.
Three men wielding assault rifles stormed the beach at Grand-Bassam, a resort town 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Abidjan popular with Europeans, before attacking hotels and restaurants.
The 45-minute bloodbath ended when Ivorian security forces shot dead the three attackers.
The 19 people killed comprised nine Ivorians, four French citizens, a Lebanese, a German, a Macedonian, a Malian, a Nigerian and a person who could not be identified.
Thirty-three people of various nationalities were wounded.
Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), claimed responsibility the same day.
The four men -- Hantao Ag Mohamed Cisse, Sidi Mohamed Kounta, Mohamed Cisse and Hassan Barry -- were convicted of providing support for the operation.
None of those suspected of playing a higher role in the attack were present in court.
The court has issued an international arrest warrant against the alleged mastermind, Kounta Dallah.
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