Officials: 5 soldiers die in Ivory Coast attacks

Published August 5, 2012 7:34pm ET



ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — At least five soldiers were killed in three separate attacks targeting Ivory Coast’s military early Sunday morning, two in the commercial capital of Abidjan and one in the east, military officials said.

Defense ministry spokesman Allah Kouakou Leon said a number of armed men wearing military uniforms stormed two police stations in Yopougon district in Abidjan on the country’s southeast coast. Three soldiers died in the first attack and two in the second.

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