Uganda: IDPs Flee Camp After Rebel Attack, Toll Reported At 213

Barlonyo, Lira — Hundreds of terrified internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda walked warily along the road from Barlonyo camp, 26 km north of Lira on Monday, fleeing towards the nearby Ogur trading centre, where several thousand who had earlier escaped the latest rebel attack were already encamped.

Barlonyo camp, where the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed at least 200 IDPs on Saturday afternoon, was deserted. Rows of huts lay smouldering alongside burnt water cans, bicycles and personal effects. The stench of burning ash was thick in the air.

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