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70 arrested with Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo freed—official

/ 06:03 AM April 17, 2011

ABIDJAN—About 70 people arrested along with Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, including family members and house staff, were freed on Saturday, President Alassane Ouattara’s government said.

Of the 120-some people arrested with Gbagbo on Monday, 30 members of his family, including his grandchildren, were released and taken to “a destination we are keeping confidential,” Ouattara’s justice minister, Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio, said on TCI television.

Another 38 people arrested, mainly house staff including cooks and gardeners, were also released and “each has gone home,” he said.

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