British Somalia

A British relief worker in Somalia was fatally shot Saturday by his own security guards after telling them he was cutting their wages, a U.S. military spokesman said. Marine Col. Fred Peck said today that Sean Devereux was shot within a U.N. compound in Kismayu. Devereux, 28, was the U.N. Children's Fund officer in charge in Kismayu, a major port 250 miles southwest of the capital that U.S. Marines and Belgian commandos have occupied since Dec. 20.

A British relief worker in Somalia was fatally shot Saturday by his own security guards after telling them he was cutting their wages, a U.S. military spokesman said. Marine Col. Fred Peck said today that Sean Devereux was shot within a U.N. compound in Kismayu. Devereux, 28, was the U.N. Children's Fund officer in charge in Kismayu, a major port 250 miles southwest of the capital that U.S. Marines and Belgian commandos have occupied since Dec. 20.

The haul of weapons this country's new rulers collected from its former government officials last month was impressive in its diversity. The guns lay in a pile at the collecting station, where a youthful rebel soldier, now part of a regular army, issued receipts: Soviet-made carbines and AK-47 automatic rifles predominated, but there were also Belgian rifles, Israeli Uzis and even a lonely American Winchester.