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I.Coast ex-militia leader Ble Goude tells ICC 'no blood on hands'

By AFP
Ivory Coast Ivorian ex-militia leader Charles Ble Goude denies any wrongdoing in the bloody standoff that left 3,000 dead after a controversial 2010 poll.  By Sia Kambou AFPFile
FEB 2, 2016 LISTEN
Ivorian ex-militia leader Charles Ble Goude denies any wrongdoing in the bloody standoff that left 3,000 dead after a controversial 2010 poll. By Sia Kambou (AFP/File)

The Hague (AFP) - Former Ivorian youth militia boss Charles Ble Goude Tuesday denied any role in deadly post-poll violence that ravaged his country in 2010 and 2011, saying he had no "blood" on his hands.

"When it comes to my fellow citizens, I do not have a single drop of blood on my hands," Ble Goude told the International Criminal Court, where he and ex-president Laurent Gbagbo face charges of crimes against humanity arising from the bloodshed in the west African nation.

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