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Witnesses described to AFP how the car exploded in traffic and how people caught up in the surge of flames were set on fire.

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A Palestinian warehouse in Beit Lid was attacked, with lorries set on fire.

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Hundreds of trucks carrying goods from the Ivorian economic hub Abidjan or the Senegalese capital Dakar have since been set on fire.

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While the vast majority of celebrations were peaceful, some businesses were burglarized downtown and bus was set on fire in Echo Park.

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Many tankers have been set on fire, while drivers and soldiers have been killed or kidnapped in jihadist ambushes.

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