More Rebels Killed
Oct 13, 2003
TWO more field commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels were shot dead by UPDF soldiers in Pader district after they attacked Pajule Local Defence Unit on Friday morning.
By Dennis Ojwee
TWO more field commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels were shot dead by UPDF soldiers in Pader district after they attacked Pajule Local Defence Unit on Friday morning.
Lt. Col. Charles Otema-Awany, the overall UPDF intelligence officer manning Operation Iron Fist in the north, on Saturday identified the two LRA commanders as D. K. Lalero and Okot.
He said this brings to four the number of Kony field commanders killed by the Hotel Battalion commanded by Capt. John Rubwama.
The army spokesman based in the north, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, was not available for comment by press time.
The army flew journalists to the scene where the LRA commanders and nine of their fighters were shot dead.
Capt. Rubwama said on Friday that rebels killed four women at the LDU detachment, and injured seven LDU members.
The intelligence officer of the UPDF 5th Division, Capt. Richard Okot, said the rebels reportedly commanded by Raska Lukwiya, were part of Vincent Otti’s group that emerged from Latanya Hills.
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TWO more field commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels were shot dead by UPDF soldiers in Pader district after they attacked Pajule Local Defence Unit on Friday morning.
Lt. Col. Charles Otema-Awany, the overall UPDF intelligence officer manning Operation Iron Fist in the north, on Saturday identified the two LRA commanders as D. K. Lalero and Okot.
He said this brings to four the number of Kony field commanders killed by the Hotel Battalion commanded by Capt. John Rubwama.
The army spokesman based in the north, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, was not available for comment by press time.
The army flew journalists to the scene where the LRA commanders and nine of their fighters were shot dead.
Capt. Rubwama said on Friday that rebels killed four women at the LDU detachment, and injured seven LDU members.
The intelligence officer of the UPDF 5th Division, Capt. Richard Okot, said the rebels reportedly commanded by Raska Lukwiya, were part of Vincent Otti’s group that emerged from Latanya Hills.
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