Attack on Ivory Coast TV station: 12 killed

Director Jean-Paul Dahily of state broadcaster RTI said the fighting broke out after gunmen tried to attack the television station.

The assailants were dressed in black clothes that had "ninja" written on them, Dahily said in a radio interview referring to the name of one of the many militias formed in Ivory Coast in the wake of last year's uprising against President Laurent Gbagbo.

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Security was tight near the station, with nearby streets closed to traffic as bodies were being removed from the scene of the fighting.

Three bodies covered by plasting sheeting were seen lying at an intersection near the television station.

Dahily said gunmen tried to attack the station but were rebuffed by security forces who shot dead 12 of them.