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Ivory Coast illegally arrested, tortured more than 200: Amnesty

Police and soldiers in Ivory Coast have illegally detained and tortured more than 200 people including supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo, following a series of armed attacks that began in August, Amnesty International said on Friday.

U.N. investigators said earlier this month that exiled members of Gbagbo's former government and military living in neighbouring Ghana were behind the raids, which have targeted police and army installations as well as key infrastructure.

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