Ugandan rebels massacre 192 villagers in latest civil war atrocity
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“Rebels massacred 192 villagers in a weekend attack on a crowded camp
described by officials as of the bloodiest atrocities of northern Uganda's
long-running war. Heavily armed guerrillas from the Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA), most of them child soldiers, struck Barnlooyo camp, about 150 miles
north of Kampala, on Saturday evening,” reports The Independent.
Attacking with mortars and assault rifles, the rebels set ablaze
grass-thatched huts where hundreds of terrified residents were cowering.
Charles Anjiro, a local MP from nearby Lira town, helped count the bodies
yesterday. "The scene is terrible, it's the worst situation I've ever
seen," he said.
“The massacre has again highlighted the inability of the Ugandan army to
defeat the LRA,” says Declan Walsh.
“Led by the mysterious and ruthless Joseph Kony, the 18-year bush
insurgency has mutated into one of the world's most bizarre yet brutal
conflicts.
“Although Mr Kony claims to be driven by religious impulse - he believes he
is an emissary of God, and wishes to rule Uganda using the Ten Commandments
- his brutal tactics usually target the civilians he claims to liberate.”
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