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Briefly: Somalis killed

Saturday 14 May 1994 23:02 BST
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AL-KOUD, YEMEN - Hundreds of Somalis fleeing civil war in their country were killed when a refugee camp in Yemen was caught in crossfire between warring Yemenis, refugees said yesterday. Between 400 and 450 people were killed in the camp, crammed with more than 10,000 homeless, the refugees said. North Yemeni army officers stationed by the al-Koud camp, 20 miles east of Aden, put the dead at 200. Reuter

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