Abidjan (AFP) - Two Ivory Coast troops were killed in a night attack on army positions near the Liberian border Saturday, the defence ministry said, the latest in ongoing clashes in the unstable area.
Twenty "armed, unidentified" men attacked security positions in the western town of Grabo at around 3:00 a.m. (0300 GMT), the ministry said in a statement.
They were seen off following an hour of fighting with soldiers and police.
Meanwhile another group attacked army positions in the village of Dahyoke, also near the border, where the two soldiers and one of the assailants were killed, the statement continued, adding that the situation had been brought under control.
Western Ivory Coast is the most unstable region in the country, due in part to ethnic tensions, and has been prey to repeated deadly attacks over the past two years.
Ivory Coast's government blamed a February clash on "unidentified people from Liberia," which drew furious denials from Monrovia and accusations the attacks are "purely Ivorian".
An attack on Grabo in February 2014 left at least four people dead, including three civilians.
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