LRA rebels kill 400 in DRC
2008-12-30 14:22
Kinshasa - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels killed more than 400 people in attacks on villages in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Caritas aid charity said on Tuesday.
Caritas workers say that "over 400 people have been killed in the attacks in an area of northern Congo including Faradje, Duru, Gurba, Doruma, and Province Orientale", the group said in a statement.
"The director of Caritas Dungu-Doruma says that the Ugandan rebels attacked a Christmas Day concert in Faradje City organised by the Catholic church there. He says the rebels returned the next morning to continue their killing spree. He says approximately 150 people were killed over the two days.
"At the same time, another attack was perpetrated in Duru, north of Dungu. Caritas reports 75 people killed and the Church burned down."