68 corpses found under soccer pitch in Ivory Coast
United Nations Investigators, who were sent to the civil war-torn Ivory Coast, have found 68 corpses that were buried beneath a soccer pitch in the capital Abidjan. According to reports, the victims might have been murdered by the forces loyal to former
Cote d’Ivoire president, Laurent Gbagbo, on April 12, 2011 – the day after government forces arrested the rebel leader.
Many people have been suggested to have seen those incidents and have said that the killings were done by the rebel forces. It has been further reported that the witnesses were forced to enter the soccer field by the rebel’s militiamen after the leaders’
fall. The witnesses were then further forced to bury their own countrymen in ten different graves. It has been said that the biggest grave had 31 corpses in it and another grave had 20, all bodies of Ivorian nationals.
In November 2010, Gbagbo lost the elections and he refused to cede power. This stance led to a spiral of violence inside the West African nation. More than 1000 civilians are being reported dead by authorities while many people fled to neighbouring http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ghana-c2905.
Witnesses say that the army controlled by the rebel leader killed the civilians and then, the army formed an alliance with a group called Ouattara that seized the control of the war torn nation in order to weaken Gbagbo’s resistance.
The killings are rumoured to have been in revenge of the arrest of many militiamen who had taken shelter at the Baptist Church in Yopougon. The political unrest in Ivory Coast has also put a bad affect on the country’s football with all leagues put on a
hold until further notice. Furthermore, the civil war could also lead to Ivory Coast’s absence in the African Cup of Nations and might also force the national side to play their home games in a neutral venue.
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