Reports Of Massacres As Ivory Coast Civil War Intensifies

Ivory Coast: Aid Workers Find 1,000 Bodies In Duekoue -- The Telegraph

The single biggest atrocity in the long battle for control of Ivory Coast has emerged after aid workers discovered the bodies of up to 1,000 people in the town of Duekoue.

Charity workers who reached Duekoue said it appeared the killings had taken place in a single day, shortly after the town fell to troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the man internationally-recognised as having won last year’s presidential election.

The apparent massacre came despite the presence of United Nations troops and - if confirmed - will cast a shadow over Mr Outtara’s assumption of the Ivory Coast’s presidency after a four-month battle to oust Lawrence Gbagbo, the former president who lost the November election but refused to step down.

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More News On Reports Of Massacres In Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast conflict intensifies amid reports of a massacre -- Washington Post
800 dead in Ivory Coast violence around Duekoue city, says Red Cross -- The Guardian
Ivory Coast massacre claims hundreds -- Salt Lake Tribune/New York Times
Mass graves, '1000 dead' in Ivory Coast -- Sydney Morning Herald/AFP
Red Cross: 800 killed in Ivory Coast town -- CNN
More than 1,000 killed in Ivorian town -- Straits Times
Hundreds Killed in Ivory Coast Town as Conflict Intensifies -- New York Times
Slaughter in Ivory Coast as the Grisly Political Standoff Intensifies -- Monica Mark, Time Magazine