A biker passes by a burned truck on the side of the road in a village near Beoumi on May 17, 2019 after violence erupted between members of the Baoule local community and northern ethnic group Dioula people. Fighting erupted between people of the Baoule and Dioula tribes Wednesday at Beoumi, a town in the centre of the country, after an altercation between a taxi driver and a motorbike taxi operator at a taxi rank, said witness Innocent Koffi, a local farmer. The clashes caused nine deads and 84 injured people including six gendarmes and several houses and vehicles were set ablaze.