UPDF Kills 12 At Border
Feb 04, 2003
TWELVE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels were on Sunday killed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in separate battles on the Uganda-Sudan border and in southern Sudan.
By Dennis Ojwee
TWELVE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels were on Sunday killed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in separate battles on the Uganda-Sudan border and in southern Sudan.
A couple of rebels were captured and various weapons recovered.
Military sources yesterday said the army killed seven rebels and rescued 44 captives at Abam, Kitgum district on Sunday. The sources said 40 of the captives were saved on Saturday at Oroko in Aswa county, north of Gulu town.
The report said one soldier died from bullet wounds while two were injured.
The army spokesman based in the north, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, said the UPDF captured one rebel with his gun at Abam.
He said they seized three guns and 330 bullets.
Other sources said bodies of four rebels were discovered in the Kit River valleys in southern Sudan on Saturday.
“Four more bodies of the LRA rebels and four guns were recovered on Sunday in the Kit River valley,†Ankunda added.
He said one box of bullets and two bombs were recovered later in the Kit River valley. On Saturday, the UPDF killed six rebels and rescued five captives at Palabek-Gem, Kitgum.
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TWELVE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels were on Sunday killed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in separate battles on the Uganda-Sudan border and in southern Sudan.
A couple of rebels were captured and various weapons recovered.
Military sources yesterday said the army killed seven rebels and rescued 44 captives at Abam, Kitgum district on Sunday. The sources said 40 of the captives were saved on Saturday at Oroko in Aswa county, north of Gulu town.
The report said one soldier died from bullet wounds while two were injured.
The army spokesman based in the north, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, said the UPDF captured one rebel with his gun at Abam.
He said they seized three guns and 330 bullets.
Other sources said bodies of four rebels were discovered in the Kit River valleys in southern Sudan on Saturday.
“Four more bodies of the LRA rebels and four guns were recovered on Sunday in the Kit River valley,†Ankunda added.
He said one box of bullets and two bombs were recovered later in the Kit River valley. On Saturday, the UPDF killed six rebels and rescued five captives at Palabek-Gem, Kitgum.
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