Tensions rock security forces [The Morning Call]

<p>Clashes broke out in Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan between members of the Special Forces and the police. </p> <p>Sources indicate the violence linked to the arrest of a soldier, began last week on Thursday, when about 15 special forces soldiers broke into a police prefecture in the northern part of the country, to demand for the release of their colleague. </p> <p>The circumstances of his arrest are yet to be clarified, though the police and military authorities issued a statement to ease the situation. </p> <p>On Saturday, a significant number of soldiers raided the Lycée classique d’Abidjan, located in the commune of Cocody, where police candidates were sitting their entry level examinations. </p> <p>The same day, a police station was reportedly attacked in Yamoussoukro, the political capital by elements of the special forces.</p> <p>These events are raising concerns among the authorities as well as the Ivorian citizens.</p>