{"id":14666,"date":"2016-03-15T05:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T05:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=14666"},"modified":"2016-03-15T06:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T06:03:44","slug":"mourning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/mourning","title":{"rendered":"Cote d&#8217;Ivoire Declares Three Days Of National Mourning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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An affiliate of the terrorist network Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The details are still unclear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Officials are still investigating and trying to find evidence. The most recent death count is 21. This includes three of the gunmen and three security force members. Authorities have discovered what they believe to be a cellphone on one of the gunmen, which could be an important clue.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/15\/world\/africa\/ivory-coast-attack-grand-bassam.html?ref=africa&amp;_r=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">informed the New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that 33 people had been wounded and that most of them were still recovering. Citizen of Ivory Coast, France, Germany, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Mali are among the victims. Officials from Ivory Coast have yet to release their identities. French officials have confirmed four French citizens among the dead and the Goethe Institute in Abidjan confirmed the death of their director Henrike Grohs, a German citizen. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14667\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ivory-coast-attack-2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"713\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ivory-coast-attack-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ivory-coast-attack-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ivory-coast-attack-2-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ooyuz.com\/images\/2016\/2\/14\/1457986589983.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Targeting Europeans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, also known as AQIM, claimed responsibility for the attack. The terrorist group is a North African affiliate of Al Qaeda. Since November, AQIM has carried out three attacks on West African hotels. The other two were in Burkina Faso and in Mali. According to Ryan Cummings, director of risk management company Signal Risk, these recent attacks are very concerning.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;ve executed attacks on hotels before, but none at the level of sophistication or as spectacular as have been in recent months,&#8221; he said. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The attacks also show a clear pattern:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> &#8220;They&#8217;re almost ticking off major hotels within Francophone West Africa, specifically hotels that are quite popular with French citizens.\u201d<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information from the SITE Intelligence Group confirmed that the group:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> &#8220;escalated its operations in West Africa, specifically targeting Europeans, as well as other foreigners, in hotels and resorts.[&#8230;]\u00a0AQIM is also competing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/08\/world\/isis-fast-facts\/\">ISIS<\/a> for reassertion and dominance in West Africa, among other regions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14668\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/fe5ca6a2563ddde713697b51e22605af-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/fe5ca6a2563ddde713697b51e22605af-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/fe5ca6a2563ddde713697b51e22605af-1-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/fe5ca6a2563ddde713697b51e22605af-1-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infos.niooz.fr\/cache\/mediaurl\/600x400\/fe5ca6a2563ddde713697b51e22605af.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The President has responded<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Alassane Ouattara statement was released <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gouv.ci\/_actualite-article.php?recordID=6422&amp;d=1#p\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on the Official Portal of the Government of Ivory Coast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThese cowardly terrorist attacks will not be tolerated in Ivory Coast,\u201d he declared. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The president praised the quick response of security and special forces and announced that security throughout the country is going to be strengthened. He expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased and wished the wounded a speedy recovery. Ouattara declared three days of national mourning.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cTo all those who have been affected by these barbaric acts, I would like to express the solidarity and compassion of the entire nation [&#8230;]\u00a0I condemn in the strongest terms these heinous and cowardly attacks on innocent people. Ivory Coast will not be intimidated by terrorists,&#8221; Ouattara said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14669\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/9116686-14508863-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"705\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/9116686-14508863-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/9116686-14508863-1-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senxibar.com\/photo\/art\/grande\/9116686-14508863.jpg?v=1457963205\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/is-africa\">SEE ALSO: 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