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Government plans tough measures following bloody clashes

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    Guinea’s government announced on Monday that village chiefs who had failed to stop clashes between two communities in which about 30 people were killed had been suspended and a number of people arrested, news media reported.

    “We will take stern measures to curb such activities in the future,” Reuters quoted Territorial Administration Minister Moussa Solano as saying on state television on Monday.

    The clashes occurred last week between two communities, one Christian and the other Muslim, in Bazilia, western Guinea.

    “Our investigations have proved that the reasons for the clashes go beyond a land dispute,” Reuters quoted Solano as saying, without elaborating, after a weekend visit to the two villages.

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