There are fears that some of the officially acknowledged deaths were in fact civilians caught in crossfire or killed for political reasons. |
He saw that his teammate was caught in crossfire, a dozen fighters both good and bad surrounding him. |
Three civilians were caught in the crossfire and killed, and one was wounded. |
Instead of facing a firing squad, however, they were abandoned in no man's land so that they would be killed by crossfire. |
The lieutenant went back to find more than 15 men killed by machine-gun crossfire. |
Second, it serves as a reminder of the tragic toll war takes on innocents who find themselves caught in the crossfire between contending armies. |