Ugandan rebels kill 100 in series of raids

REBELS in northern Uganda have killed more than 100 civilians during five days of raids, the head of the regional government said yesterday.

The Lord’s Resistance Army has been raiding villages in Lira district daily, and more than 100 bodies have been found between Wednesday and Saturday, Franco Ojur, the district chairman said by telephone yesterday.

“Many more bodies are being discovered in the bushes and the death toll is about 100. Most people have fled the villages, but those remaining are discovering the bodies in the bushes,” Ojur said. “They are killing almost 20 people per day in Lira.”