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KAMPALA - Three soldiers face the court martial
for turning their guns on innocent people they are supposed to protect.
Their heinous acts occurred on Christmas day in northern Uganda.
"We have
arrested the bastards, for court martial," said Maj. Shaban Bantariza, the
UPDF spokesman on Friday.
At about
midnight on Christmas day, Ms Scovia Abore was shot dead by Pte. Daniel
Odeke in Lira. Bantariza said the army was investigating the circumstances
that led to the incident.
A short while
after 1.00am on December 26, another soldier on foot patrol, shot and
killed Mr Patrick Omondi, aged 25.
Bantariza
told Sunday Monitor that Omondi refused to respond to security
orders and was shot. He died instantly.
In a related
incident in the neighbouring Gulu district, a soldier beat a woman to
death after a disagreement. The woman has only been identified as Ms
Laker.
Bantariza
said investigations into all the three incidents were still going on.
He however
added that excitement over Christmas could be factored in, "you know this
is Christmas, the fellows get drunk."
Meanwhile,
like the police, the army said this Christmas was "generally quiet."
Bantarinza said that there were "at least no attacks from terrorists".
But
Sunday Monitor has learnt that 11 Lords Resistance Army rebels
disguised as UPDF soldiers managed to enter Pabo Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) camp where they stole merchandise and fled.
A highly
placed security source said: "they entered the camp and even discussed
[with locals] the World Food Programme food distribution activities and
later they fled."
Bantariza
said he had not yet received the report but promised to investigate.
The rebels also allegedly tried to enter Gulu town, through the
Layibi-Lacor area but the UPDF foiled their
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