Uganda Rebels Slay 82 Civilians, Army Says
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KAMPALA, Uganda — Rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army slaughtered 82 civilians abducted on a rampage through northern Uganda, a Ugandan military officer said Saturday.
Seven of the dead were soldiers’ wives abducted from the northern town of Gulu by LRA fighters.
The LRA wants Uganda to be ruled strictly by the tenets of the Bible’s Ten Commandments.
Thursday’s was the largest attack by the rebels since a battle with troops in 1988.
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