The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has killed 14 Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in Kitgum district, northern Uganda, reported government-owned newspaper The New Vision on Friday. UPDF spokesman for the 5th division Chris Magezi said on Thursday that the rebels were killed in an ambush in Orom sub-county in Chua county on Wednesday. "Some of the rebels who escaped the ambush and attempted to loot Orom trading center were repulsed by the Karimojong warriors," Magezi said.
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Magezi said they recovered arms and ammunition from the rebels. "The strength of the rebels could not be established by the time we ambushed them," he said. Meanwhile, the spokesman also said another rebel was shot dead at Lapekok in Pader district in northern Uganda. Magezi said this brings to 29 the number of rebels killed in the three days in Kitgum and Pader districts. |