Atiak massacre
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The Atiak massacre occurred on April 20, 1995, when a group estimated at three hundred (300) Lord's Resistance Army soldiers entered the Northern Ugandan town of Atiak.[1] It was the largest single massacre by the Lord's Resistance Army. Over 200 were killed in Atiak in April 1995. After routing the UPDF, the LRA announced, "you Acholi have refused to support us. We shall now teach you a lesson." [2][3][4]
The Lord's Resistance Army then handpicked young boys and young girls from the rest, to conscript into their ranks and to use as sex slaves. They then marched back into the bush.[5]
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- ^ Briggs, Jimmie (2005). Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War. Basic Books. pp. 116. ISBN 0465007988.
- ^ "Kony rebels massacre 82". New Vision. 1995-04-22.
- ^ "Kony toll rises". New Vision. 1995-04-24.
- ^ "Atiak’s longest day of the bullet". Sunday Vision. 1995-04-30.
- ^ Account of the Atiak Massacre
