Muzzle blasts into what? The video does not show who they are firing into and why they are firing. Your mind's imagination is inserting things not in the video.
"In response to the repeated provocations of the crowd, some of them armed, and in response to shots fired [by protesters], the Ivorian forces opened fire," the statement said.Is this video showing another incident at the same hotel, between a crowd of protesters and French troops?