{UAH} IDDI AMIN NEVER TARGETED LANGIs/ACHOLIs, THEY TARGETED HIM {---Series One-Hundred and ninety-eight}

Friends

Since numbers have failed to abandon any one,  here are some of the atrocities committed to Ugandans through Acholi violence, posted by Monitor on 21 January 2008 under a heading Uganda: Joseph Kony's Killing Fields in Northern Region. Ugandans we so need to discuss Acholi violence candidly.

 

Key outrages in LRA conflict

St. Mary's College Lacor: 32 girls were abducted on August 20, 1992 while another 23 girls were abducted on July 23, 1996.

Atiak: On April 17, 1995, over 250 were clubbed or shot dead in Atiak, Gulu. Attack carried out by over 80 LRA rebels led by Otti Lagony and Vincent Otti.

Aboke: In October 1996, 139 girls from St. Mary's College Aboke in Apac District were abducted.

Achol Pii Massacre: In July 1996 more than 100 Sudanese refugees killed by LRA rebels at a UNHCR settlement on Kitgum-Gulu Road. The remaining of over 10,000 refugees were variously translocated to safer areas of Uganda like Kiryandongo in Masindi District.

Sir Samuel Baker School: On August 21, 1996, 39 students were abducted from their dormitory and conscripted by LRA.

Sacred Heart SS, Gulu: 138 girls abducted between June 1987 and March, 1998.

Padibe/Palabek: In mid-January 1997, LRA rebels massacre more than 300 in Kitgum's Lokung, Palabek and Padibe villages.

Mucwini: On July 24, 2002 in Mucwini, Kitgum, 56 civilians at Kirome village were forced to form a queue and clubbed to death or executed sparking off mass displacement of thousands of others.

Lapono: On October 14, 2002 rebels kill at least 52 villagers by hacking with machetes, while 34 were gathered together into their huts, which were then set on fire.

Abia: On February 4, 2002, 40 people killed in a rebel attack on Abia IDP camp outside Lira Town.

Forced cannibalism: In November 2002, suspected LRA rebels compelled mourners in a border village in Southern Sudan, to boil and eat their deceased at gunpoint. Those who refused were massacred.

Patongo: In September 2002, 27 civilians were hacked to death and mutilated at Patongo, Pader district and boiled in their bodies in cooking pots.

Barlonyo: In February 2004 LRA rebels reportedly led by Okot Odhiambo attacked Barlonyo IDP camp killing up to 309 people in a single raid.

General primary school abductions: Between 1987 and 2000, primary schools have recorded as many as 3,384 known abductions. Total cases of known abductions of school children however stands at 5,545, but it is likely tobe higher than this.

 

 

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EM

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