On 8 June , in the Taï region, on the axis Tai-Para,at the Ivorian-Liberian border, an attack by gunmen killed at least 20 dead, including seven peacekeepers of the UN mission in Cote d ' ivory. The attack plunged the national and international community in turmoil. And provoked strong condemnations around the world. An investigation by the UN and is ongoing, according to the mission of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). "The investigation that led the UN` s attack on 8 June against the peacekeepers patrol on the axis Tai Para continues, "it said Thursday, June 14th, the spokesman of UNOCI, Sylvie van den Wildenberg, `during a news conference. According to Ms. Wildenberg, the procedure provides "multiple phases" with the first preliminary investigation "conducted by UNOCI's Force with the support of other mission components, reports Xinhua. "It is being finalized," says the spokesman for the UN mission in Abidjan. At the country's new authorities, the authors are all been found. This is "the pro-Gbagbo Liberian mercenaries." 12th June , on Ivorian television , the Minister of State Minister of the Interior has not been praying to describe the "bad seeds". Ahmed Bakayoko linked the attack in the west to civilian and military figures close to President Laurent Gbagbo, some are put under arrest well before the ambush in the West.This is among other things Moise Lida Kouassi, Colonel Katee Gnatoa ... Since then, these figures continue to be detainedunder arrests and are still continuing in the business of "destabilization". On Saturday, June 23, 2012, we received a phone call. The caller, had a male voice his initials AM as presented to us as native of Saho, one of three villages (with Para and Nigré) near the border with Liberia. AM has just arrived fresh from Saho where he can no longer supports the prevailing insecurity. We take an appointment with him, in Yopougon, on Saturday morning. "Thanks for coming to meet me," he gratifies us with a voice still tied with emotion. "I am the son of Saho and I would like to share with you what is happening in my village, over the death of seven (7) of UNOCI peacekeepers. I can tell you that these soldiers were not killed by so-called pro-Gbagbo Liberian mercenaries. "Are you sure of what you say then? We replicated. "I can confirm" AM meets with insurance before continuing. "These are elements of FRCI who killed soldiers of the UN. Everything started from the distribution of gains from the sale of stolen coffee and cocoa. When these elements FRCI in the area want to steal the products of our harvests, they fire shots in the air. In the ensuing fleeing , for fear of being killed, the villagers rush to take refuge in the bush. Once the camps and villages emptied of their inhabitants, these FRCI collect all stocks of our products they will hide somewhere. Unable to load their trucks at the risk of detection is then that their accomplices who are soldiers of UNOCI intervene .The latter charge our products in their tanks that no other force can arrest or search. Then they start selling them to wholesalers through trackers. Dividends are distributed among the different actors of looting. But before June 8, we knew that there was a dispute between the elements FRCI those of UNOCI peacekeepers. There were bad and sharing them FRCI felt frustrated. Two or three days before the "ambush" they promised to avenge themselves with verbal threats. They did not longer want to have their accomplices peacekeepers who are beyond their control. " This AM story gives the attacks of Para, and Saho Nigré. the limelight Other sources, specifically from Nigré corroborated this thesis settling of scores between looters and UN FRCI. D.H. is from Para. When we come back in phone contact with him is that he supports bluntly: "When the elements of FRCI want to strip us of our products, including coffee and cocoa, they first pull shots to deter. Woe to him who does not leak! Once the village emptied of its people, these thieves can indulge in looting.After they will share between them and their accomplices of UNOCI that cover them. " These denunciations are quite revealing. Indeed, this is the first time since the attack of Saho, Para and Nigré which killed 20 people, that parents of victims sharing their account in the press, even if it's under cover of anonymity. We think it would be useful for investigators to consider this new evidence made unprecedented to expand their field of investigation.Bertina SoroSource: Le Temps
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