Forces hope to capture the leader of Ivory Coast

Pro-Ouattara soldiers ride a vehicle armed front of the hotel of the golf course in Abidjan on Tuesday.Alassane Ouattara forces say they expect to capture Laurent Gbagbo by TuesdayU.N. peacekeepers are trying to prevent attacks on civiliansOuattara is internationally recognized winner of the presidential election in C?te d'Ivoire

(CNN) - combatants surrounded the Presidential Palace of Laurent Gbagbo Tuesday, in the hope of capturing the embattled leader.

The fighters, loyal to the President Alassane Ouattara, were 80% that Gbagbo is still in the residence, said Patrick Achi, a spokesman for Ouattara.

"We do not see why it should not abandon," ACHI said Monday, adding the new Government may seek to have Gbagbo tried by the International Court of Justice.

CNN could not independently confirm the Achi claims, which include a report that Gbagbo television station was destroyed.

But at least a resident in Abidjan said Gbagbo State television station is dark since Monday; Tuesday at the beginning, nothing not aired the station.

The man, who did not want to use his name, said fire played throughout the city as a soundtrack Monday, leaving many feeling unsafe and fear.

Uncertainty and fear have been constant in some parts of C?te d'Ivoire in recent weeks as a presidential impasse has had a civil war.

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The back agitation in November when Gbagbo refused to transfer power to Ouattara, who has been internationally recognized as the President of the country after the elections.

Supporters of each side have been confronted in many cities in the countries of West Africa, and in the last days, the international forces jumped into the fray.

UN helicopter fired on a camp controlled by Gbagbo Monday to prevent the use of heavy against civilians weapons and soldiers from the peace of the United Nations, said a spokesman for the United Nations.

Director of peacekeeping Nations Alain Le Roy said journalists body does not take sides in the conflict, but had to act after three days of fire of Gbagbo left forces seriously injured four U.N. helmets.

France also sent 350 soldiers of the peace in the country over the weekend and takes control of the airport in Abidjan, the French Ministry of defence said Sunday. The new French soldiers joined the mission of existing peacekeeping to U.N. of approximately 7 500 soldiers already in the country.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that 800 people had been shot to death in the town of Duékoué West cocoa producers. An official of the United Nations put the number of dead at 330 Friday.

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