ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says that more than 800 people were killed in intercommunal violence in a town in western Ivory Coast. The town was the first of many in Ivory Coast to fall earlier this week to an armed group vying to install the country’s democratically elected leader, Alassane Ouattara. Red Cross spokeswoman Dorothea Krimitsas said by telephone on Saturday that the violence likely erupted Tuesday, the day after the town was taken by the fighters. It is not clear what prompted the killings and whether the armed group was involved. Krimitsas said Red Cross teams were there Friday and saw a “huge number of bodies.” THIS IS A BREAKING…
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