The Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI) Alassane Ouattara's Ivorian president continued, Tuesday, May 3, operations incurred earlier this week in the west of Abidjan against militia supported the former head of state Laurent Gbagbo. Operations are directed against militiamen "entrenched" at the naval base on the edge of the lagoon in south-east of the vast district of Yopougon.
One commander said FRCI gbagbistes militiamen who continued to resist Yopougon were mostly Liberian mercenaries. "The different positions of the militia and mercenaries" in the district of Yopougon "came under control FRCI, the naval base is being processed," said the spokesman of the government.
Intermittent firing of small arms and sometimes heavy weapons were heard from the Plateau district, situated across the lagoon, opposite the naval base. "We saw many dead. We picked up 40 bodies over two hours before being forced to stop for lack of space in our van," he told Frank Kodjo, an official of the International Committee of the Red Cross Red.
He said that five bodies at least over the attack on Tuesday. Alassane Ouattara, in power since the April 11 arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, had threatened on April 22 to "disarm by force" the last remaining armed groups must not file a "fast" guns. Fifty militiamen had deposited twenty weapons, Friday, during a symbolic ceremony in Yopougon, attended by leaders of FRCI.
Laurent Gbagbo, and his wife Simone, should finally appear in court Friday in Ivory Coast as part of a preliminary hearing on charges of extortion and bribery. Nearly 200 personalities from the old regime are under house arrest in different cities, a measure taken by President Ouattara for a period of six months, renewable for people with a disorder to order. 
One commander said FRCI gbagbistes militiamen who continued to resist Yopougon were mostly Liberian mercenaries. "The different positions of the militia and mercenaries" in the district of Yopougon "came under control FRCI, the naval base is being processed," said the spokesman of the government.
Intermittent firing of small arms and sometimes heavy weapons were heard from the Plateau district, situated across the lagoon, opposite the naval base. "We saw many dead. We picked up 40 bodies over two hours before being forced to stop for lack of space in our van," he told Frank Kodjo, an official of the International Committee of the Red Cross Red.
He said that five bodies at least over the attack on Tuesday. Alassane Ouattara, in power since the April 11 arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, had threatened on April 22 to "disarm by force" the last remaining armed groups must not file a "fast" guns. Fifty militiamen had deposited twenty weapons, Friday, during a symbolic ceremony in Yopougon, attended by leaders of FRCI.
Laurent Gbagbo, and his wife Simone, should finally appear in court Friday in Ivory Coast as part of a preliminary hearing on charges of extortion and bribery. Nearly 200 personalities from the old regime are under house arrest in different cities, a measure taken by President Ouattara for a period of six months, renewable for people with a disorder to order.
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