ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An angry mob of about 300 people stormed a U.N.-guarded refugee camp in Ivory Coast on Friday, killing at least seven of the refugees and looting the shelters before burning them down, officials said.

About 90 percent of the Nahibly camp, which used to house some 4,500 people, was burnt to ashes in the attack near the western town of Duekoue, said the U.N. refugee agency’s country representative Ann Encontre.

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