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Police arrest several suspects, including ‘Green Man’, in Man

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A joint operation by the Ivorian police and the Mobile Intervention Group led to several arrests in the Kennedy district of Man on the night of 13 October 2026. Among those arrested was a young man nicknamed the ‘Green Man’, described by residents as a suspected participant in violence, reports L’Infodrome.

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