| Ugandan rebels killed at least eight people in an attack on villagers in a remote northern district, the army and aid workers said on Saturday. Some of the victims were dragged to the middle of a road after being shot and beaten to death by fighters from the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). "Eight people were killed. This was a desperate attack on civilians, but our forces are on the ground to capture these bandits and punish them," said Lieutenant Tabaro Kiconco, army spokesman in the north. Uganda's military often says it is close to defeating the cult-like LRA after 19 years of war, but attacks have continued. |