LRA rebels execute 100 Congolese villagers
By Grace Matsiko
LRA leaders in planning meeting last year. Uganda Monitor photo.
At least 100 bodies of people killed by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of Joseph Kony have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission has said.
The victims are believed to have been killed in an attack by LRA rebels on a village in Tora, northeastern Orientale province on January 16, the UN Mission in Congo (Monuc) said.
Monuc spokesman Lt. Col. Jean-Paul Dietrich, who made the revelations to French news agency, AFP on Wednesday, said the attack is believed to have been carried out by just 13 rebels.
LRA rebels subsequently killed four other people in two separate incidents in the region on January 17 and 19, Col. Dietrich added. The report by Monuc yet to be verified from independent sources by Saturday Monitor, did not indicate whether the bodies were found in a mass grave or scattered.
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