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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara vowed Monday that the country would not be "intimidated by terrorists", as the death toll in the country's first jihadist attack climbed to 18.

Armed with grenades and assault rifles, gunmen on Sunday stormed three hotels and sprayed the beach with bullets in the resort of Grand-Bassam, a sleepy town popular with expats just a short 40 kilometre drive from the commercial capital Abidjan.