ABIDJAN: Fourteen people were killed and around 30 were injured during clashes which broke out on Friday in the western Ivory Coast cocoa town of Duekoue, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday. "The local Red Cross with ICRC support have evacuated about 30 wounded to the local hospital in addition to eight people killed," ICRC spokesman Kim Gordon-Bates said. "The situation there at the moment is still tense and we're keeping a close watch on it," he said. Residents said on Saturday hundreds of people had fled their homes after their houses were attacked and looted by members of a rival ethnic group.