Houses destroyed in the village of Petit-Guiglo, which came under attack on March 23, 2013. As in Zilébly, the attack appeared to be motivated at least in part by land dispossession linked to the post-election crisis. April 26, 2013. © 2013 Tamasin Ford In addition to the cross-border attacks from Liberia, Human Rights Watch documented several inter-communal clashes in western Côte d’Ivoire related to land disputes involving formerly displaced persons. In early February 2013, Guéré residents from the neighboring villages of Zomplou and Babli-Vaya skirmished, resulting in several minor injuries and at least one serious injury, when a youth from Babli-Vaya struck a youth from Zomplou with a piece of wood.163 Residents of Zomplou allege that youth from Babli-Vaya illegally sold hundreds of hectares of their virgin forest while they were displaced by the crisis. A Zomplou resident who was among those demanding restitution said that more clashes were likely if local authorities do not quickly resolve the dispute: The sub-prefect demanded that they stop work [in the forest], but they keep going. This is what led us to fight, to pick up machetes…. We have nothing 163 Human Rights Watch interviews with residents, Zomplou, February 11, 2013. 55 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | OCTOBER 2013

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