New Vision (Kampala)
July 10, 2003
Posted to the web July 10, 2003
Ali Mao in Lira
Kampala
THE death toll from the July 1 ambush on Lira-Kotido road in Orum sub-county, Otuke county has risen from eight to 11 people.
Suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army ambushed a truck from Kotido to Lira, killing eight people on the sport. A total of 17 people were admitted at Lira hospital.
When The New Vision visited the hospital, medical staff who declined to be named, said three people died and others had serious injuries.
Otuke county MP Daniel Omara Atubo, who visited the victim at Lira main hospital, said he had secured sh500,000 as humanitarian assistance to the victims.
"I witnessed with shocking dismay how innocent civilians were being butchered and their legs and arms shattered with bullets. The Government is just sleeping over the problems," Atubo said.
Atubo appealed to the Government to continue with the efforts to support the victims and find avenues to end the prolonged war that killed innocent civilians.
