Heavily armed men attacked two military bases in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan on Monday, briefly seizing one before government forces recaptured it and restored control, officials said according to Reuters. Residents woke to the sound of intense automatic rifle fire and detonations of heavier arms as fighting raged at two camps in the eastern Akouedo district of the lagoon city, the trading hub of the West African country, divided since a 2002 civil war. Reuters reporters saw seven bodies, four in civilian clothes and three in military uniform, as well as burned-out vehicles and two prisoners, bloodied with their hands tied. A senior military source put the death toll at 10 -- three loyalist soldiers and seven attackers, and said three soldiers had been arrested for helping the attackers. It was not immediately clear who was behind the third such raid on police or military barracks in less than six months to shake a fragile peace process in the world's top cocoa grower. --More 22 28 Local Time 19 28 GMT
