WORLD IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Masked Soldiers Attack Refugees
Masked Liberian soldiers were reported to have attacked tribal refugees in a United Nations compound, killing at least one and kidnaping up to 40 amid growing chaos in the war-torn west African nation. The assault against refugees fleeing reprisal attacks from government forces came as rebels fighting President Samuel K. Doe advanced to within 20 miles of Monrovia, the capital. A U.N. spokesman in New York said the soldiers bayoneted a guard, shot two others and beat women and children before herding 30 to 40 refugees into army trucks.
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