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 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Gunmen attacked the two main military barracks in Ivory Coast's largest city Monday, setting off a battle with security forces that killed 10 people, officials said.
Armed forces chief Gen. Phillipe Mangou went on state television to reassure nervous residents after an hour of gunfire, saying military forces had repulsed the attack at Camp Akuedo in northeastern Abidjan.
Army spokesman Col. Hilaire Gohourou Babri said seven of the attackers and three security forces were killed in the battle. An Associated Press reporter saw four of the bodies at the two camps — one soldier and three men in civilian clothes who security forces said were among the assailants.
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