{UAH} The Corner Killak massacre 1987

In 1987, one year after Museveni came to power, there was an operation in the north against the rebels of Bazilio Olara Okello. This operation was led by Major General Fred Rwigyema and coordinated by the deputy head of intelligence Major Paul Kagame.

Unarmed civilians from different sub-counties were ordered to assemble at Corner Killack purportedly to be addressed by Rwigyema. Then over 380 people were herded to the nearby bush and starved for two days and after bullets and RPG shells started raining on them until when all of them were dead. After Rwigyema called in journalists and started narrating to them the story on how they had killed over 380 rebels. This later came to be called the Corner Killak massacre of 1987.

Then there are many other massacres such as the Mukula incident in Eastern Uganda. The most memorable quote of Museveni which people should never forget is when he said, "You see when you give them a good beating (civilians in the north) then those who use them (the rebels) will never use them."

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