Rebels kills over 170 in Uganda
AFP, Kampala
Suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have massacred civilians at a refugee camp in northern Uganda, military and church sources said yesterday, with one missionary putting the death toll at more than 170."I have just been there, and I have managed to confirm that 173 people were killed of which 57 had already been buried while others were still burning in their houses," Roman Catholic missionary Sebat Ayala told AFP by telephone from the northern town of Lira. The attack was carried out late on Saturday in Barlonyo displaced people's camp, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Lira town and lasted three hours, he said. Said army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza: "I can confirm that there was a massacre in a displaced people's camp and people were burnt in their houses".
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