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| 2 killed as some 100 Ugandan rebels attack Sudan border village |
| 2008-09-21 |
| (SomaliNet) Uganda's Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels early on Thursday attacked a border village in Sakure sub-county between Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in a surprise attack on barracks of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). ''About 100 LRA rebels made a surprise attack Thursday morning on the SPLA military barracks in Sakure Payam,'' state information minister, Col. Joseph Ngere, told the press. ''One SPLA soldier was killed and a four-year-old child was killed too.'' The child, he said, was ''thrown into the fire of the burnt house of the area's chief, which is just three kilometers from the SPLA military barracks at the Sudan-DRC border. Neighbouring households were also burnt down, leaving the area dilapidated.'' The LRA are reported to have abducted and mutilated some inhabitants and four persons are reported wounded. ''The LRA rebels were quickly repulsed by the SPLA forces. On the roads where the LRA escaped, there were drops of blood. SPLA forces captured one rifle from the LRA rebels,'' Ngere added. The attack was throwing into balance the planned signing of the peace deal this weekend. ''There is no reason for negotiation and wasting of resources for the LRA dead-locked peace deal,'' Ngere said. The SPLA have sent reinforcements to Sakure. This is the second major attack by the LRA since the Juba peace talks faltered. |
| Posted by:Fred |