New Vision (Kampala)
June 19, 2003
Posted to the web June 19, 2003
Richard Otim And Job Opolot
Kampala
OVER 5,000 people have been displaced in Obalanga sub-county, Katakwi district, following the Sunday night attack by suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
On Tuesday two rebel groups attacked Alito parish in Kabelebyong county and burnt over 100 grass-thatched houses in Angica internally displaced people's camp.
The about 100 rebels reportedly attacked the area in the morning but found that the people had already fled after being alerted by the army.
The Mideastern regional Police commander, Bob Ngobi, said the army, which had been deployed in Obalanga to battle the rebels, had advised people not to go to the area until it was declared safe.
The Katakwi district security committee chairperson, who is also the chief administrative officer, Nicholas Muron Ochakara, told an emergency security meeting at the Soroti district chambers on Tuesday that 3,000 of the displaced had camped at Amuria sub-county headquarters.
Meanwhile, Nathan Etengu reports that the rebels are operating in six sub-counties in the district.
They are reportedly constructing camps and luring youth to their ranks.
