One player was killed and 23 people seriously injured after a coach carrying second division football team ES Bafing was attacked by armed bandits, Ivory Coast press reported Thursday.
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The attack happened during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday on the road from Duekoue to Bangolo in the west of the country.
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The coach was returning from the capital Abidjan after a league match when it was sprayed with bullets as it tried to get away from thieves who had already robbed passengers from another coach.
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The west is the most unstable part of a country and rife with insecurity and inter ethnic tensions.
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The situation was aggravated by a political crisis between December 2010 and April 2011 following disputed presidential elections.