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RUF attack on Port Loko repulsed

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    Meanwhile, ECOMOG repelled an RUF attack on 7 May on Port Loko, a town some 58 km northeast of Freetown and defended by Malian and Nigerian units.

    News reports quoted Western diplomats last Sunday as saying there were heavy casualties on both sides and that between seven and nine Malian soldiers were killed and three missing.

    ECOMOG spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Olukulade told IRIN on Monday that ECOMOG suffered "a few casualties". He could give no estimate of civilian and rebel casualties but said that "a number of civilians from nearby villages were rounded up, some were abducted and some amputations took place".

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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