Kony Rebels Kill Two

Jun 28, 2002

A UPDF soldier and an old man were on Wednesday evening killed and another injured when Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels ambushed the vehicle in which they were travelling.

A UPDF soldier and an old man were on Wednesday evening killed and another injured when Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels ambushed the vehicle in which they were travelling. Dennis Ojwee reports that the incident took place at Angagura, Pader district, about 31 miles on the Gulu-Kitgum Road at about 6:00p.m.The driver, Jackson Ayuu, 32, told The New Vision yesterday in Gulu town that he saw a group of rebels jump on the road and fire at the vehicle.Ayuu abandoned the vehicle in the bush amid gunfire.“ Everybody, I believed, was at the mercy of the rebels at that time. When I came back later, I found a UPDF soldier dead and the vehicle was burnt to ashes,” Ayuu said. The UPDF 4th Division Operations Commander, Col. Andrew Gutti, said the vehicle had moved on the road after soldiers had been withdrawn.Ends

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