GENEVA, Switzerland, July 24 (UPI) -- An attack on a camp for the internally displaced in Ivory Coast was "clearly ethnically motivated," a U.N. official said.
The United Nations said it was investigating an attack last week on an IDP camp in Ivory Coast. At least seven people were killed and 5,000 refugees fled after the camp was burned.
"The attack, which was clearly ethnically motivated, underscores the urgent need to combat impunity for past violations in Ivory Coast," said Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Ivory Coast was pushed to the brink of civil war after disputed presidential election in 2010. Recent outbreaks of violence have led to concerns about the durability of the fragile peace that followed former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's arrest in April 2011.
Human rights groups suspect both parties to the conflict committed human rights abuses during the post-election crisis.
Colville said the militant attack on the IDP camp bore the hallmarks of the ethnic violence that gripped the country after the election.
He said that while more than 170 fighters loyal to Gbagbo were indicted for violations, none of Ivorian Presidnet Alassan Ouattara's allies was arrested in relation to possible crimes.
