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Uganda Military Claims to Have Killed Senior LRA Rebel
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1378295:3919ACA Government
spokesman said former rebels identified Raska Lukwiya's body, but LRA
has not confirmed death





Members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (File photo - July 31,
2006)Uganda's military says it has killed a senior rebel wanted for
war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

A Ugandan army spokesman Chris Magezi announced Sunday that Raska
Lukwiya of the Lord's Resistance Army was killed Friday in Kitgum
district after he ambushed government soldiers. The spokesman said
former rebels identified Lukwiya's body.

The LRA has not confirmed the death.

The rebel group is accused of kidnapping, mutilating, and killing
thousands of civilians during its 20-year war against the Ugandan
government.

Southern Sudan's regional government is mediating peace talks between
the two sides to end the violence.

Rebel leader Joseph Kony and four of his top commanders, including
Lukwiya, face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the
International Criminal Court.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

 


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