100 bodies found in western Ivory Coast: UN

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Some of the victims were non-Ivorians but from other west Africa countries.

08 April,2011 11:33 pm

UN investigators have found more than 100 bodies in the past 24 hours in western Ivory Coast in what appeared to have been ethnically driven killings, the UN human rights office said Friday.The human rights team investigating in west Cote dIvoire found more than 100 bodies in the past 24 hours in three locations, said Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. All the incidents appear to have been at least partly ethnically motivated, he added. About 40 bodies were found in Blolequin, west of Duekoue, and perpetrators appear to be Liberian mercenaries. The team also went to a nearby town of Guiglo, where they saw more than 60 bodies, he said, adding that some of the victims included people who were non-Ivorians but from other west Africa countries. Certainly there has been an escalation in the past two weeks, he added.