(CNN) - Forces loyal to the elected President of Alassane Ouattara C?te d'Ivoire stormed the residence of his rival Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday, said a spokesman Ouattara, potentially heralding the end of a bloody conflict in the country of West Africa.
Ouattara forces are inside the home of Gbagbo but have not caught him again, said Affoussy Bamba in the main city, Abidjan. They have found heavy weapons inside the residence, she said.
A spokesman for Gbagbo, Ahoua Don Mello, confirmed the residence was attacked and expressed amazement at the assault.
Gbagbo is ready to discuss the proposals of the African Union for a transfer of power, but cannot talk about assignment until the discussions even begin, said his spokesman.
It would not confirm that Gbagbo is in the residence that is attacked, but it was in Abidjan, said.
"They are trying him and kill him", said Mello.
Hundreds of people were killed in the cocoa-producing countries since Gbagbo has rejected the results of an election in November. The United Nations and the African Union said that ouattara, former Prime Minister, defeated Gbagbo, who was running for re-election.
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Secretary General of the Nations United Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday Gbagbo loose.
"I do not understand why he refuses to surrender his power against the total commitment of the international community," ban said, urging President self-proclaimed to think about the future and the security of its people.
Alain Juppe, French Foreign Minister, who has been closely involved with events in the former French colony, said negotiations with Gbagbo had failed because of his "stubbornness".
Ouattara fixed the terms of surrender of Gbagbo, said Juppe.
He told Parliament in Paris that French forces were not present at the assault on the residence of Gbagbo, dismissing claims by supporters of Gbagbo.
A senior US source with knowledge of the situation also said negotiations had failed.
"The possibility of negotiations with Laurent Gbagbo is over." "He closed the door on negotiations," said the source, asking not step to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Gbagbo "is a person who has not accepted, he loses." "That is why we are here today," the source said.
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The forces of the Ouattara regularly were closing on Gbagbo last week, in the claims of massacres by both parties.
A representative of Ouattara said Gbagbo had left no alternative solution, but to attack as the attack began Wednesday.
"With Gbagbo, the negotiations have failed," said Mamadou Toure. "Gbagbo decided not to leave, so that the forces of the Ouattara left no other choice." The goal is to get out of the residence without harming him. ?
"President Alassane Ouattara will have to decide what happens next," added Toure, which is in the country's Embassy in Paris and that he was in direct contact with the forces of Ouattara.
"gbagbo" will be brought to justice, "a different representative of Ouattara told CNN on Wednesday."
Gbagbo appeared to be about to surrender Tuesday after four months of conflict between its forces and those of Ouattara, but then he backtracked.
It "seems as he has lost his mind...". "This means that there is something wrong with this guy," spokesman Patrick Achi Ouattara said.
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Side of Ouattara is appealing directly to veterans of Gbagbo to end their weapons, said Achi.
"We cannot sit and wait for it to become reasonable" of the "humanitarian disaster" facing the main city, Abidjan, Achi said. The city of 5 million people had "no more electricity, sanitation step more and bodies in the street", he said.
The forces of the Ouattara from Abidjan Thursday after an offensive across the country. When they arrived, the sporadic post-election violence that had plagued Abidjan for months escalated into war.
"" Ambassador to C?te d'Ivoire of the United Nations said Tuesday that he believed that Gbagbo"knows that everything which is more for him".
"Its military forces were beaten." "It is now, only", said Youssoufou Bamba.
Bamba said that Gbagbo should go to trial "because he committed the crime so" against civilians and peaceful demonstrators.
But Prime Minister Kenya, Raila Odinga, who served as negotiator of the African Union in C?te d'Ivoire, said that ouattara and other should consider allowing safe passage for Gbagbo to Angola, South Africa or another country.
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This step of Gbagbo down immediately for the good of the country have been require international leaders, including US President Barack Obama.
The political chaos and violence at least claimed hundreds of lives. The International Committee of the Red Cross reported the killings of 800 people week last-producing Western cocoa town of Duékoué, in one of the bloodiest incidents.
Juppe said Wednesday that all that remains to discuss was how would leave Gbagbo.
"We have asked the UN to ensure his physical well-being and that of his family, which is an important point, and then organize the conditions of his departure," Juppe said on French radio. "." "It is the only thing left to negotiate now."
Gbagbo denied in an interview Tuesday that he planned to go down fighting, being call a man who "loves life."
"I am not a suicide bomber." ... I look for death, "he said televisions LCI for France."CNN Saskya Vandoorne, Sarita Harilela, Zain Verjee and Richard Roth contributed to this report.
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