This type of attack causes several types of civilian casualties. As is normal in guerrilla warfare, some civilians are killed in crossfire between the two opposing forces, although this tends in the view of the refugees to account for only a minority of the deaths
Kuukira kwamtunduwu kumayambitsa mitundu ingapo ya anthu wamba ovulala. Monga momwe zimakhalira pankhondo za zigawenga, anthu wamba ena amaphedwa pamoto pakati pa magulu awiri otsutsana, ngakhale izi zimapangitsa kuti othawa kwawo awerengere anthu ochepa okha omwe amafa 