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Lagweno Lim NRA Massacre: 45 Killed

Lagweno Lim NRA Massacre: 45 Killed

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NRA (National Resistance Army) Massacre of 45

In the earlier attainment of power, soldiers of the NRA wouldn’t settle for news of rebel collaborators. In Lobolatek, it started as rumours that one village man was a rebel fighter and had in his possession a gun. Locals knew him very well. Time and again he would return to their home and stayed with his people shortly before he furnishes into the thick bushes. according to family members and community around the memorial, news about the rebel fighter somehow reached the NRA. on this fateful day, a group of the soldiers came and surrounded the entire village, arresting and torturing people as the moved along with. Pregnant mothers, children and elderly were spared by sending them away. the 45 killed were those gathered from around the villages and were accused of hiding amidst them a rebel who had guns. And that according to local residents were the motives for the massacre.

 

A monument constructed in memory of those killed in this place. Commonly known as Lobo Latek, in Latany Sub county, Dure parish, Pader district

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