Saturday, April 02, 2011

Ivory Coast: '800 killed in one city alone'


The organisation claimed that hundreds were killed in the western city of Duekoue on Tuesday.

"There is no doubt that something on a large scale took place in this city, on which the ICRC is continuing to gather information," said Dorothea Krimitsas, an ICRC spokesman, adding that Red Cross representatives had "themselves seen a very large number of bodies".

News of the alleged deaths came as Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo defied calls to surrender as forces loyal to the internationally-recognised President Alassane Ouattara laid siege to the palace where he is thought to be in hiding. More...

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