Sudan: 30 Ugandans killed
2004-09-20 15:02
Kampala - The toll of Ugandan rebels killed in southern Sudan after a fierce battle over the weekend rose to 30 on Monday when five more bodies were found, Ugandan military officials said.
The Ugandan army, using helicopters and ground troops, Saturday evening shelled hide-outs of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) guerrillas in a remote location in southern Sudan, with initial reports speaking of 25 dead guerillas and seven taken captive.
"We have found five other bodies and now the total of the dead is 30. We are continuing the offensive and the search for more bodies," the northern region military spokesperson, Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur,
Under a protocol signed between Uganda and the Sudanese government in 2002, Ugandan troops entered Sudan early that year to fight the LRA from their jungle bases there. - dpa.
- SAPA