Ivory Coast attack: Mother hid from gunmen in bathroom

The Islamist group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, has said it carried out a gun attack on a beach resort in the Ivory Coast.

It happened at the popular resort town of Grand Bassam, near the country's economic capital Abidjan. Dozens of people were killed, including six gunmen, in the attack.

Charline Burton was with her family from Belgium on holiday - and described her ordeal to Newsday.

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