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| Saudi Ambassador killed in Ivory Coast |
| 2003-03-28 |
| The ambassador of Saudi Arabia has been found murdered in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan. Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed's naked body was reported to have been found on Friday with his throat cut in the apartment block where he lived, but outside his flat. The diplomat's body was found in a pool of blood on the staircase two floors below his own flat. His murder does not appear to be politically motivated. The ambassador took up his post at the end of last year, three months after the start of Ivory Coast's civil war, which has left the country divided in two. The apartment block where he lived is in the business district of Plateau, which according to our correspondent, is one of the most secure areas of Abidjan, which has remained under government control. It is next to the American Embassy and close to the building where opposition leaders are living under the guard of West African peacekeepers. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Abidjan has had a nasty crime problem for a while. A mugging isn't altogether impossible. Maybe the pickings started getting leaner thanks to the rebellion, and one of the gangs has started trying to branch out into a richer section of the city. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-28 23:16:13 |
| #6 Ok. I acknowledge my own paranoid view of the world, but if he lived in one of the most secure areas of Abidjan, an area under government control, next to the embassy and close to the building where they are holding the opposition leaders... Hmm. Walks like a duck, quacks like duck ... Where's the orange sauce? |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-03-28 16:25:16 |
| #5 Hmm.. Saudi Ambassador.. Nice target for a mugging. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-03-28 14:57:20 |
| #4 Why does this make me think it should have a headline "Lovenest Triangle!"? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-28 11:20:41 |
| #3 He may just have been flashing a lot of cash around like many Saudi diplomats. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-03-28 10:30:35 |
| #2 maybe he fell? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-28 10:30:12 |
| #1 Payback for Saudi finances in the Northern "rebel" movement which is a barely disguised jihadi movement? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-03-28 10:24:54 |