More mass graves in Ivory Coast

— Up to 10 new mass graves have been discovered near the site of a July attack on a camp for displaced people, officials said Tuesday, amid allegations that initial casualty totals were downplayed to mask killings carried out by the national army.

Rights groups claim summary executions were carried out by the Republican Forcesof Ivory Coast.. Last month, officials found six bodies in a well close to the former campsite in the western town of Duekoue.

Government, army and U.N. officials toured 10 more graves in the same area Saturday, said Paul Mondouho, vice-mayor of Duekoue. He said the graves had first been identified by civilians and that officials did not know the number of bodies they contained because they had not yet been exhumed.

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