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Army Kills 54 Rebels

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
May 19, 2004
Posted to the web May 19, 2004

By Grace Matsiko
Kampala
The Director of Operations in the Lords Resistance Army, Col. Onen Kamdule, has
been killed by the UPDF in Pader. The army spokesman in the north, Lt. Paddy
Ankunda, said yesterday the UPDF killed 54 rebels in the Kit Valley, north of
Magwi in southern Sudan in the Monday battle.
Ankunda said 77 rebel fighters with their commander, Maj. Sylvo Okot,
surrendered to the UPDF with an assortment of weapons in Pajule, Pader
district.
"Onen died in a simple battle at Luzira, north west of Palongo. It was one
bullet into his head and down he went. It was him among the 11 that died,"
Ankunda said. He said the escorts tried to take away the body, but were
scattered by UPDF fire.
Ankunda said the Kit Valley encounter took place at around 5:00pm when the
group led by commander Odhiambo, who led the attack on Barlonyo IDP camp
recently and Lakony, an aide to rebel leader Joseph Kony, were heading to his
bases in Bin-Rwot and Lubangatek.
"They were taking lots of sorghum, goats, chicken to Bin-Rwot and Lubangatek.
They dropped the loot," Ankunda said. He said the Sudan operation involved the
97th infantry battalion and the helicopter gunship. Ankunda said among the 77
that surrendered in Pajule were 22 fighters, 20 women and 10 children.

   

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