Pro-Gbagbo Forces Shell Market in Côte d’Ivoire, Killing at Least 25

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011 – The United Nations peacekeeping operation in Côte d’Ivoire expressed outrage today after armed forces allied to the defeated president Laurent Gbagbo shelled a market in a neighbourhood of the commercial capital, Abidjan, killing 25 to 30 people and wounding dozens more.

The mission, known as UNOCI, reported that it has since sent a robust patrol accompanied by human rights experts to the Abobo district of Abidjan, where the attacks…