September 01, 2003: 22 passengers shot dead by LRA

Sep 01, 2016

The bus was traveling from Namasale in Lira district to Soroti when it fell into the ambush near Atirir trading centre, about 12 miles on the Soroti-Lira road.

22 passengers on the Gateway bus were shot dead and the bus set ablaze by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in an ambush. The bus was traveling from Namasale in Lira district to Soroti when it fell into the ambush near Atirir trading centre, about 12 miles on the Soroti-Lira road. The rebels also used grass picked from the near-by huts to set ablaze a Mercedes Benz bus. 

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