.- The United Nations today raised to 247 the number killed in Ivory Coast by the violence prevailing in the country since disputed elections last November 28. "The latest figures we have spoken of 247 dead, ie 37 more than last week, and 49 disappeared", said Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.Colville also referred to reports that suggest the existence of a new mass grave in Ivory Coast, which would be the third after the two discovered last December, and said the UN still has been unable to confirm this. "The UN mission in Ivory Coast received the January 10 telephone information about the existence of a new mass grave in the town of Issia" said Colville, "but after traveling to the scene could not find it, or by both confirm its existence, "he added.
The spokesman said the UN "takes very seriously," the information about the alleged new pit, so that they will continue investigating. But he said that "it is too early to speculate about how many people may have in it, or if they are supporters of President (Laurent Gbagbo), who refuses to relinquish power, or opponent Alassane Ouattara, who won the elections according to the international community and is considered the president-elect.
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