150 reported killed at Burundi refugee camp

Updated: 11:41, Monday, 16 August 2004

The United Nations says gunmen have killed more than 150 people in an overnight raid on a camp for Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi.

The United Nations says gunmen have killed more than 150 people in an overnight raid on a camp for Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi.

The Gatumba camp, near the border with Congo, provides shelter for 4,000 refugees who fled the country in June.

A Hutu rebel group, the FNL, has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place late last night.

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