Kony Rebels Ambush 2 Buses
Mar 16, 2003
WHILE the Government peace team is trying to make contacts with Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county in Pader district, the rebels have ambushed two buses plying the Kitgum-Kampala route.<br>
By Dennis Ojwee
WHILE the Government peace team is trying to make contacts with Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county in Pader district, the rebels have ambushed two buses plying the Kitgum-Kampala route.
The buses belong to the ANNK Bus Company.
The ambushes on the two buses took place on Friday afternoon.
Passengers said some youthful UPDF soldiers in the bus saved the situation when they shot dead two of the LRA rebels as they emerged from the bushes with a rocket-propelled gun to hit the bus.
An ANNK bus, registration UAA 994C travelling from Kitgum town to Kampala via Gulu was reportedly ambushed at Ceka, between Cwero and Aswa Paicho trading centres, on the Gulu- Kitgum road at about 2:20pm.
The passengers said nobody was killed or injured in the bus.
The second bus, UAA 412E, from Kampala to Kitgum via Gulu was reportedly ambushed near the same location.
However, details were not available by press time.Ends
WHILE the Government peace team is trying to make contacts with Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders in Lapul sub-county, Aruu county in Pader district, the rebels have ambushed two buses plying the Kitgum-Kampala route.
The buses belong to the ANNK Bus Company.
The ambushes on the two buses took place on Friday afternoon.
Passengers said some youthful UPDF soldiers in the bus saved the situation when they shot dead two of the LRA rebels as they emerged from the bushes with a rocket-propelled gun to hit the bus.
An ANNK bus, registration UAA 994C travelling from Kitgum town to Kampala via Gulu was reportedly ambushed at Ceka, between Cwero and Aswa Paicho trading centres, on the Gulu- Kitgum road at about 2:20pm.
The passengers said nobody was killed or injured in the bus.
The second bus, UAA 412E, from Kampala to Kitgum via Gulu was reportedly ambushed near the same location.
However, details were not available by press time.Ends