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92ShareFacebookTwitter.Ivory Coast: Gunfire in Abidjan despite Gbagbo arrest
Sporadic gunfire can be heard in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, a day after former President Laurent Gbagbo was arrested.
The BBC's Mark Doyle in the city says it is not clear whether pro-Gbagbo forces or criminals are responsible.
But he says mortars are also being fired.
Mr Gbagbo was seized after refusing to accept defeat in last year's elections. His successor, Alassane Ouattara, has appealed for the violence to end.
Our correspondent says Mr Ouattara's first priority will be to restore security.
A joint operation by pro-Ouattara forces, the UN and French military captured Mr Gbagbo from his official residence, where he had been under siege for more than a week.
Mr Ouattara said Mr Gbagbo would be put on trial, and said a truth and reconciliation commission would be set up.
Some 1,500 people have been killed across the country and a million forced from their homes during the four-month stand-off in the world's largest cocoa producer.
The UN and French forces intervened after they accused Mr Gbagbo's forces of using heavy artillery against civilians.
The UN, which helped organise the elections, said Mr Ouattara won, but Mr Gbagbo refused to accept defeat
92ShareFacebookTwitter.Ivory Coast: Gunfire in Abidjan despite Gbagbo arrest
Sporadic gunfire can be heard in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, a day after former President Laurent Gbagbo was arrested.
The BBC's Mark Doyle in the city says it is not clear whether pro-Gbagbo forces or criminals are responsible.
But he says mortars are also being fired.
Mr Gbagbo was seized after refusing to accept defeat in last year's elections. His successor, Alassane Ouattara, has appealed for the violence to end.
Our correspondent says Mr Ouattara's first priority will be to restore security.
A joint operation by pro-Ouattara forces, the UN and French military captured Mr Gbagbo from his official residence, where he had been under siege for more than a week.
Mr Ouattara said Mr Gbagbo would be put on trial, and said a truth and reconciliation commission would be set up.
Some 1,500 people have been killed across the country and a million forced from their homes during the four-month stand-off in the world's largest cocoa producer.
The UN and French forces intervened after they accused Mr Gbagbo's forces of using heavy artillery against civilians.
The UN, which helped organise the elections, said Mr Ouattara won, but Mr Gbagbo refused to accept defeat