still in DRC Congo DRC: Rebels of the LRA are killing and kidnapping of peaceful citizens
French to English translation DRC: Rebels of the LRA are killing and kidnapping of peaceful citizens DIA »Politics & Society Thurs, January 21 2010 at 08:42:53 | Send article Kinshasa – (DIA) – Six armed elements identified as Ugandan rebel LRA (Army of the Lord’s Resistance) were raided Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in the morning in a piece of the chapel Nagbende (8 km Bamokandi Parish in the Diocese of Dungu-Doruma District Upper Uélé, in Orientale province). They killed 4 civilians and kidnapped a catechist at the end of this attack.
According to the testimony referred to caritasdev.cd, “the attackers pretending to learn the location of the headquarters of MONUC in the City of Dungu to surrender, they said. After eating the food they had brought with them, about 14 hours, they took the road to go to Dungu but in the bush near the road, the inhabitants of the plot, 4 adults and a prisoner who had been takenKaka to have been forced to accompany them.
At the height of the source napus, they passed a parcel where an old man repairing his mat was murdered by the Ugandan rebels. The villagers found his lifeless body the next day: Old Genes, 70, face was pierced by several bayonet wounds. “Around the source napus place much frequented by the population Bamokandi and located behind the Catholic primary school, the LRA rebels have tied up the people who had walked with them and all those who are found nearthis source. A few people have succeeded in escaping. ” With these fugitives news of the presence of LRA members spread throughout the district and in no time at all Bamokandi emptied and people ran towards the city of Dungu, where they were greeted the parish. In the meantime, near the source, the rebels fired on all those who sought to escape. A pregnant woman was shot, she fell dead a few hundred yards away in the bush. His body was discovered the next morning because of the cries of her baby clinging to her breast. Alerted by the gunfire LRA FARDC patrols near the school, began to retaliate. The rebels escaped. The two young Congolese associated with them have abandoned the prisoners, who linked one after another, threw themselves down. Other soldiers of the FARDC in parking lot behind the parish, opened fire. The shooting of five minutes has only increased the panic among the population at large. Alerted, helmets MONUC arrived in the parish with a dozen tanks.
The LRA members had fled to the path of Ngilima and reached the village of Nangbende, where they left yesterday. Around 22 hours, they stormed into the plot of the catechist Michel Ndakanya abducting his wife and nephew. While looting the village, the wife of the catechist, managed to free himself and escape. Other villagers have had time to hide in the bush. They were able to see the rebels plundered the village and go with the catechist and his nephew. The news of the death of catechists spread the next day, Friday, January 15, 2010, in the parish but has not been confirmed by the missionaries of the place. (Catholic Agency D.I.A. www.die-afrique.org)