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Ugandan rebels slay 100 civilians

Rebels in northern Uganda have massacred more than 100 civilians in five consecutive days of raids, the head of the regional government alleged Monday.

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Rebels in northern Uganda have massacred more than 100 civilians in five consecutive days of raids, the head of the regional government alleged Monday.

The Lord's Resistance Army has been raiding villages in Lira district daily, and more than 100 bodies were found between last Wednesday and Saturday, district chairman Franco Ojur said.

"Many more bodies are being discovered in the bushes and the death toll is about 100. Most people have fled the villages, but those remaining are discovering bodies," Ojur said.

Lieutenant Chris Magezi, an army spokesman based in Lira, 270 kilometres north of Kampala, said he could only confirm that about 40 people had been hacked to death with machetes since Wednesday.

The insurgency by the rebels, a shadowy guerrilla group which took up arms 16 years ago to fight the government in Kampala, has displaced more than a million people and killed thousands. The group has kidnapped children for use as soldiers or sex slaves.

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