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“The killings took place last December but have not previously been reported. Fighters from the notorious Lord's Resistance Army raided several villages in a remote part of north-eastern DR Congo, killing and abducting children. Human Rights Watch says this is one of the worst massacres carried out by the LRA, whose fighters roam across several countries after spreading from Uganda. The rebel leaders initially claimed to be fighting to install a theocracy in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments, but they now sow terror in Sudan and Central African Republic, as well as DR Congo. In the latest attack, the rebels hacked to death villagers and made others carry looted goods. Some 250 people were abducted….” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8587305.stm added by: Mariased