Ugandan troops kill 4 LRA rebels in southern Sudan

Feb 15, 2006 (KAMPALA) — The Ugandan troops have killed four rebels in southern Sudan and captured an assortment of ammunitions from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighting the Ugandan government.

The army’s 4th division army spokesman, Lt. Chris Magezi told Xinhua by telephone on Wednesday that the Ugandan troops killed the four rebels in western Equatorial province.

He said the group was part of that led by the LRA chief Joseph Kony heading for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Magezi said during the operation, the Ugandan army captured 1 RPG launcher with 14 shells and their fuses, three bombs, six magazines of G3 guns and 260 rounds of ammunitions.

He described the army’s operation against the LRA in southern Sudan as moving on smoothly with successes recorded frequently.

Meanwhile, the army on Tuesday killed one rebel and rescued three civilians who were abducted by the LRA in the northern Ugandan district of Apac.

Magezi said the army’s Golf Battalion killed the rebel at Adora Primary School.

He said this rebel was part of the group that battered six civilians to death and abducted several others in Alito sub-countyin Apac district on Monday.

On Saturday, the army’s 71st Battalion repulsed an attack by the LRA rebels on civilians traveling on Pabbo-Atiak road in the northern district of Gulu.

Magezi said during the operation, two rebels were killed and the army recovered two rusty guns with 68 bullets and one rebel surrendered to the army.

The LRA have been fighting the Ugandan government for the last 20 years in a rebellion that has left tens of thousands of people and over 1.4 million people displaced in northern Uganda.

The International Criminal Court last October issued arrest warrants for rebel leader Joseph Kony and four of his commanders to answer for the war crimes they have committed.

(Xinhua)