Ivory Coast president assassination foiled

Mercenaries arrested in France told investigators they were plotting to assassinate Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, Paris prosecutors said today.

Ivory Coast president assassination foiled
Wed, 27 Aug, 2003 - 17:47

Mercenaries arrested in France told investigators they were plotting to assassinate Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, Paris prosecutors said today.

French counter-intelligence agents arrested 10 people over the weekend, saying they were implicated in an alleged plot to destabilise the Ivory Coast.

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