PM Narendra Modi condemns terror attacks in Ivory Coast, Turkey

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the terror attacks in Ivory Coast and Turkey and said his thoughts are with the families of the deceased.

"Condemn the attacks in Ivory Coast & Ankara. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. May those injured recover quickly," he tweeted.

Gunmen stormed three hotels in the sleepy resort of Grand-Bassam, popular with expats, around 40 km east of the commercial hub Abidjan in Ivory Coast, killing 16 people.

In Turkish capital Ankara, a suicide car bomb ripped through a busy square, killing at least 36 people and wounding 125, officials said.