Some 120 civilians were killed on May 5 and 6 in attacks along the Ivorian coast by militiamen loyal to ousted President Laurent Gbagbo and Liberian mercenaries fleeing Abidjan, as the Ivorian Ministry of Defence. "The last fighters in the pay of the former president, Laurent Gbagbo, were mercenaries from Liberia and Ivory Coast militia.
It was they who took hostage the vast Yopougon (Abidjan). Routed the 3 and May 4, 2011, they headed to their home areas, "said Monday, May 9 the ministry said in a statement. Yopougon, a huge district in the west of Abidjan became the last stronghold of the pro-Gbagbo after his arrest April 11, was the last area of the economic capital to go under the control of Republican Forces of Cote d ' Ivory (FRCI) the president Alassane Ouattara.
Heading towards the Liberian border, the gunmen have killed a hundred and twenty civilians, including women and children, in cities Irobo, Grand Lahou, Fresco and Sassandra region, along the coast to the west of Abidjan, the ministry said. Most victims were chosen because of their ethnicity, among the people "Alien" (from other parts of Côte d'Ivoire) or of foreign origin, the ministry said.
These communities are known to have voted in favor of Alassane Ouattara in the Nov. 28 presidential election. Over 30 mercenaries and militia were killed in clashes with security forces of President Ouattara, the ministry said. It was not possible to confirm this information from independent sources. 
It was they who took hostage the vast Yopougon (Abidjan). Routed the 3 and May 4, 2011, they headed to their home areas, "said Monday, May 9 the ministry said in a statement. Yopougon, a huge district in the west of Abidjan became the last stronghold of the pro-Gbagbo after his arrest April 11, was the last area of the economic capital to go under the control of Republican Forces of Cote d ' Ivory (FRCI) the president Alassane Ouattara.
Heading towards the Liberian border, the gunmen have killed a hundred and twenty civilians, including women and children, in cities Irobo, Grand Lahou, Fresco and Sassandra region, along the coast to the west of Abidjan, the ministry said. Most victims were chosen because of their ethnicity, among the people "Alien" (from other parts of Côte d'Ivoire) or of foreign origin, the ministry said.
These communities are known to have voted in favor of Alassane Ouattara in the Nov. 28 presidential election. Over 30 mercenaries and militia were killed in clashes with security forces of President Ouattara, the ministry said. It was not possible to confirm this information from independent sources.
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