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| Yemeni IDPs killed in UN camp during fighting |
| 2009-10-31 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Some displaced Yemenis at a UNHCR-managed camp in northern Yemen have been killed or injured in an exchange of fire between government troops and Shiite rebels, the UN refugee agency said Friday. "According to sketchy information from Saada, a rocket or a mortar round landed in the camp, killing and wounding the IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons), women and children among them," said a statement issued by the UNHCR. Around 500 people were at the al-Sam camp on the outskirts of the northern provincial capital of Saada, said the UNHCR, which did not have figures on those killed and injured by the attack. But it noted that the "security situation in that area has been deteriorating over the past few days." "UNHCR is shocked and saddened by the latest reports of the loss of life and indiscriminate targeting of Yemeni civilians forced to flee their homes," it added. About 150,200 people are thought to have been displaced or affected by the conflict in Yemen. |
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