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Barlonyo Massacre: The night a camp turned into a graveyard
The attackers split into groups. One set the detach ablaze. Others drove terrified residents back into their huts. Those who tried to flee were beaten, hacked, or shot. Witnesses say the violence was swift and merciless.
Prime Minister of Uganda Robinah Nabbanja, with other guests and residents, praying at the Barlonyo massacre memorial site in Barlonyo B village, Erute South County Lira district in 2022..
By: Ali Moa, Journalists @New Vision
LIRA - It was ordinary — comfortingly ordinary — evening in Barlonyo Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camp in Lira district, northern Uganda, a region that had