UGANDA: LRA duped their way into IDPs camp - eyewitnesses

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who killed scores of internally displaced persons in a camp near the northern town of Lira on 5 February gained access to the camp by pretending to be government soldiers and militias. Suspicions were aroused when the rebels started deploying throughout the camp and ordering people not to move. A full-scale attack on the largely defenceless population in the camp was then launched. Contrary to government reports, victims said the rebels had deliberately opened fire on civilians inside the camp, and then, brandishing machetes and clubs, chased those who tried to run away.