AFP - Sixty-eight bodies were discovered Friday in ten graves by a team from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Yopougon in Abidjan, said Monday the deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, UN .
Two mass graves in particular contained 31 and 21 bodies respectively in this quarter which was the last stronghold of militiamen loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo.
The UN team questioned the witnesses and families to find out what happened but "it is believed that the killings were committed on April 12 by the pro-Gbagbo", all victims are male, at he added.
The UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire said that there was information on other graves nearby and continues to investigate, said the spokesman.
Yopougon, which was the last stronghold of militiamen loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo was declared secure, but remains devastated by weeks of violence. Dozens of bullet-riddled bodies or charred skeletons were strewn in the middle of last week the streets of this vast district, where more than one million people.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Ivory Coast during the violence related to challenge the presidential elections of 28 November 2010, authorities said.
