SEVERAL people died in election-day clashes in Ivory Coast, officials said Sunday, as polling stations began sending voting tallies to the electoral commission.
Reuters cited the mayor of the town of Tiebissou as saying four people were killed and 27 injured by bullets and machetes when young armed men from surrounded villages fired on people.
One other person was killed in the pro-Bedie town of Niable, a government official said on condition of anonymity.
Opposition says death toll higher
Opposition leaders who boycotted Saturday’s election say at least a dozen people died. More than 20 others had been killed in the run-up to the vote, human rights groups said.
President Alassane Ouattara’s opponents say he is breaking the law by running again because the constitution limits presidents to two terms, and risks shattering the fragile peace that has been in place for a decade.
The 78-year-old Ouattara says he can run again under a new
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