Comorian rebel leader Mohamed Bacar has fled to the French-run Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, a Comorian government official said today.
Joint AU-Comorian forces took control of the nearby island of Anjouan yesterday, hours after attacking to topple Bacar who seized power in 2001 and clung on after an illegal election last year.
"French authorities have just confirmed to me that Mohamed Bacar is in Mayotte with 11 people," Mohamed Bacar Dossar, a senior Comorian government official said.
"The Comorian justice system put out an international arrest warrant a long time ago. We will see whether the French authorities will respect it."