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Ugandan rebels attack women, hack off breasts

21 Mar 2005 09:09:00 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Daniel Wallis

GULU, Uganda (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels attacked a group of women collecting firewood in a remote village near the Sudanese border, hacking off their lips, ears and breasts, a government official said on Monday. Fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have stepped up attacks on civilians and troops after the most significant peace talks for a decade stalled late last year. "In Kitgum district yesterday the rebels caught seven women and cut off their breasts and lips," said Col. Walter Ochora, chairman of Gulu district, epicentre of the 19-year conflict. The total number of injuries was not immediately clear, with one newspaper saying only three women had been mutilated, but several others abducted, in the attack in Agoro sub-county, about 20 km (12 miles) north of Kitgum town. ......