where and how 100 "rebels" are often well armed, is pretty much beyond comprehension.
"Rebels" Kill 25 in Lira
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The Monitor (Kampala)
June 10, 2004
Posted to the web June 10, 2004
Emma Mutaizibwa & Joe Wacha
Apac
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels last night struck Apok camp in, Oyam North and
killed 25 people. The LC-V of Apac, Ben Chwa visited the scene of the attack in
Otwal-sub county, 30 miles northwest of Apac town. He told The Monitor yesterday that
he had counted 25 dead bodies.
"We counted 19 bodies of which six were children. Six other bodies were found on the
way," he said. The Gombolola Internal Security Officer, Tony Okello, said the rebels
who were dressed in army fatigue, duped the wananchi in the camp, before staging the
attack.
"The UPDF soldiers had been deployed in the night patrols and the camp was left
vulnerable," he said. Mr Okello said the LRA then rounded up the camp firing bullets
in all directions and torching huts in the camp accommodating about 11,000 people.
Okello said the rebels had dodged the army as they headed to the camp. "They were well
armed with guns," he said. He expressed fear that the rebels may attack Achokora camp
that is next to Apok camp. Another witness who visited the attacked scene, the Speaker
of Otwal sub-county said the number of the dead had gone up to 34.
The UPDF northern region spokesman Lt. Paddy Ankunda, however, said that 19 had been
killed. "Rebels attacked and killed 19 people and left about ten seriously injured.
They burnt about 200 huts," he said.
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He said that the UPDF pursued the group and rescued three captives. We also captured
one rebel with a rifle, he added. Ankunda said the rebels were under the command of
Dominic Ongwen. He said, that the UPDF commander whose name he had not yet
established, was arrested for laxity.
The LRA has sown mayhem in the north and northeast Uganda for the last 17 years.
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