科特迪瓦的巴博在阿比讓被拘捕

Defiant Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has been captured at his Abidjan residence, after an assault by French and U.N. forces, and fighters of his rival, Alassane Ouattara. A spokesman for the Ouattara forces told VOA that Mr. Gbagbo was captured after an assault on the residence Monday and taken to Mr. Ouattara's headquarters at the Golf Hotel.

French armored vehicles had been seen advancing on the residence ahead of Mr. Gbagbo's capture. The French embassy in Ivory Coast and Ouattara representatives in New York say it was Ouattara's men who detained the incumbent . Gbagbo has refused for months to cede power to Mr. Ouattara, the U.N.-certified winner of last November's presidential election. He had been entrenched at the Abidjan residence with a band of loyal fighters.

Mr. Ouattara's ambassador to the U.N. told reporters Monday that Mr. Gbagbo is alive, well, and will be brought to justice. Human Rights Watch has accused Gbagbo forces of killing hundreds of civilians during the four-month power struggle that culimated in Monday's fighting. The group has also accused pro-Ouattara forces of killing and raping civilians, and said Mr. Ouattara should open an impartial probe into the violence once he assumes power.

藐視國際壓力的科特迪瓦領導人巴博已經在阿比讓他的官邸被拘捕。在此之前，法國和聯合國的軍隊、以及他的對手瓦塔拉的戰鬥人員攻擊了這個住所。瓦塔拉軍隊的一名發言人告訴美國之音，巴博星期一在其官邸被俘，並被送到瓦塔拉的總部高爾夫酒店。

在巴博被抓之前，有人看到法國裝甲車向巴博住所推進。法國駐科特迪瓦大使和瓦塔拉在紐約的代表都表示，是瓦塔拉的武裝拘捕了這位現任總統。巴博幾個月來拒絕降權力交給聯合國確認的去年11月總統選舉的獲勝者瓦塔拉。他和一夥效忠他的軍人在阿比讓的住所固守。

瓦塔拉駐聯合國大使星期一告訴美國之音，巴博還活着，很健康，將被繩之以法。人權觀察指責巴博軍隊在四個月的權力鬥爭中殺死數百名平民，這場鬥爭在星期一達到高峯。人權觀察還指責親瓦塔拉的軍隊殺害和強暴平民，並表示瓦塔拉上任後應該開始公正地調查暴力活動。