"The zone is currently presided by government troops that are conducting sweeping operation in the intent of uprooting the rebels"
******The fact that there were Government soldiers in this so called zone cannot be over emphasized. Why didn't they intervene to stop the "rebels" from committing such crime. The\is line of reasoining lends credency to the fact that it is most probably Government soldiers who are involved in such Massacred of lango civilians... and are now blaming the faceless "rebels" for such atrocities. UGANDA 13/7/2004 9:05 REBEL MASSACRE IN LIRA DISTRICT, VICTIMS MUTILATED General, Brief The rebels of the LRA (lordâs Resistance Army) killed 11 civilians, 4 of which children. MISNA sources refer that the attack took place on Saturday evening at 6:30p.m. local time, 30km east of the town of Lira (administrative centre of the homonymous district), in a territory inhabited by the Lango ethnic group. The rebels first beat the victims and then mutilated them horribly. The ferocious crime, which lasted an hour and a half in the location of Apunga (around 1km from the Abia refugee camp), was perpetrated by an unconfirmed number of âtotongâ (âbutchersâ, as Joseph Konyâs rebels are called in lango) that also abducted six people apparently used to transport food and other merchandise stoles in the Apunga homes. The zone is currently presided by government troops that are conducting sweeping operation in the intent of uprooting the rebels. [BO] -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
