The world - news from feb. 9, 1986
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Authorities in South Yemen are digging up mass graves and finding other evidence that indicates both sides in last month’s brief war carried out mass killings, sources said. “Twenty bodies
here, thirty there; it’s appalling, gruesome,” one source said. Despite claims by the new regime that most of the killings were carried out by forces loyal to the deposed government,
evidence suggests that rebels also carried out “systematic killings.” Officials said that initial casualty figures putting the death toll at 12,000 were “grossly exaggerated,” but they
admitted that the toll will likely be in the “thousands.” MORE TO READ