“They looked at his identity card and shot him dead” Six months of post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire 45 In this town, about 30 people who had fled from their village were killed by FRCI soldiers and Dozos. One of the 4 survivors of the massacre in Guiglo told Amnesty International: "I was in a group of 30 people and we had wandered into the town of Guiglo as we looked for a safe place. On Wednesday afternoon [30 March], we met a person (a Dioula) who offered to help us. We followed him but he led us to a house where there were Dozos and FRCI soldiers, who beat us. They tore our clothes off and tied us together with our shirts and trousers. Our feet were tied to our hands, some young people who had no underpants were naked. They told us to lie down on our backs and 'whipped' us. The youngest among us received less blows. The next morning, they hit us again and they told us they were waiting for their chief before killing us. On Thursday afternoon, they took us to a bridge over the River Nzo. There were 30 of us in all. They talked among themselves and decided to spare the four youngest. The other 26 people were placed between a group of men in fatigues and a group of Dozos. They pointed their guns at them, then all 26 had their throats cut, one by one." Liberian refugees, who had been living in Guiglo for more than 20 years, after fleeing from the conflict in Liberia in the 1990s, were also targeted by the FRCI, which treated them as though they were pro-Gbagbo Liberian mercenaries. One Liberian woman refugee told the Amnesty International delegation how FRCI soldiers had killed a Liberian refugee: "FRCI soldiers arrived in the camp. They fired some shots to frighten us. A Liberian refugee called Julian was captured. They tied his hands behind his back and then tied his feet together. Julian was put in a vehicle and a few metres from the camp, they threw him to the ground like a bag of rice and told him to clear off. He said that he could not because his feet were tied together. They accused him of being a Liberian mercenary. He replied that he was Ivorian and not Liberian. One of them took out his bayonet from his rifle and stabbed him in the head and a few times in the side and Julian collapsed to the ground. The FRCI then told three women to 'rejoice' and clap their hands. I could not rejoice. I looked towards the bush. One ordered me to look and to clap my hands. We were forced to obey." 4.2.5. ATTACKS IN OTHER REGIONS IN THE WEST OF THE COUNTRY After Gbagbo’s arrest on 11 April 2011, the FRCI and the troops fighting with them attacked some villages claiming they were searching for arms and Liberian mercenaries. The village of Zikisso, 300 km west of Abidjan, was attacked several times, including on 10 April, by armed forces allegedly loyal to President Alassane Ouattara. The village chief, Gbagbo Matthias, was abducted by these forces on 11 April and was reportedly held in the town of Lakota. Amnesty International also obtained information indicating that, on 11 and 12 April 2011, armed supporters of Alassane Ouattara went to Gagnoa, birthplace of Laurent Gbagbo and looted and attacked the population living in the area, in particular the villages of Guessio (7 km from Gagnoa) and Bougrou. Many villagers fled into the bush. Index: AFR 31/002/2011 Amnesty International May 2011