07 November 2004
Antoine Masse
Shooting
A local correspondent for Le Courrier d'Abidjan, a daily that supports President Laurent Gbagbo, was killed on the morning of 7 November during clashes between the Ivorian army, demonstrators and members of the French peacekeeping "Force Licorne,".
Antoine Masse, who was also a literature teacher, was fatally shot as he was covering a demonstration aimed at blocking the eastward advance of the French troops from Man towards Abidjan.
The Ivorian Defence and Security Forces (FDS) said three soldiers, a policeman, a customs official and three civilians were killed on 7 November when French troops opened fired in the Duekoue "corridor" at Duekoue and Dibobly. Masse was one of the civilian victims. The staff of Le Courrier d'Abidjan said Masse was shot in the head and the heart.
