During a five-day spell, between April 14 and 18, 1991, the village which lies 16 kilometres northeast of Gulu town was turned upside down by NRA soldiers from the 22nd Battalion which was commanded by Major Reuben Ikondere under the auspices of Operation North, whose overall commander was the then Maj Gen David Tinyefuza.
A media article covering the incident is available here.
At least 35 men were placed in a hole on the ground and 5 died immediately. the number that died after the incident is still unknown. According to those I spoke to, Villagers were suffocated by burning peper and directing the smoke to the people pilled in the hole. It was just three years ago that groups of civil society organisation together with community constructed a monument to remember the killing. while an official apology has been given by government, the community’s request for monument was answered by CSOs. what still pending is the issue of compensation that needs to happen.