At least two people were killed in Divo (200 km north-west of Abidjan) in inter-ethnic violence on Saturday, in the wake of the presidential inauguration Alassane Ouattara as candidate for a third termhospital and local sources said on Sunday.
A person evacuated to the CHR (Regional Hospital Center) succumbed to his injuries […] this (Sunday) morning
, told AFP a hospital source, reporting several serious injuries with machetes
. This death was confirmed by a local source. A teenager died in the fire on Saturday in a bush bar, according to several residents.
A teenager died on Saturday in the fire at the Péage maquis-bar in the Konankro district, according to several residents who assured AFP that they had seen the body.
The announcement on August 6 of Alassane Ouattara’s candidacy had degenerated into three days of violence for a toll of at least six dead, a hundred injured and 1,500 displaced.
“It was very violent”
Friday and Saturday, new violence broke out in several cities of the country, the day before and the day of the inauguration of President Ouattara as his party’s presidential candidate, during a large meeting bringing together tens of thousands of activists in Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan.
In Divo, clashes took place on Saturday between young Dida (local ethnic group) and young Dioula (ethnic group from the north of the country favorable to Mr. Ouattara), according to many residents.
It was very violent. The young people were armed with machetes and clubs. There were a lot of injuries. I saw a young man get beaten up. He lost consciousness and was evacuated
, said a witness on condition of anonymity.
A mission including the deputy Famoussa Coulibaly, the mayor and Minister of Equipment Amédé Koffi Kouakou, the prefect as well as elected officials and local officials were on site Sunday, the deputy told AFP.
We tour the communities. It became calm again. There are a lot of law enforcement agencies. For the moment, the provisional toll is 21 injured including eight serious
, he confided.
A curfew has been put in place from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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