Civilians attack rebels

Civilians in the northern Ugandan town of Apac "hacked" four members of the new rebel organisation, the Citizens' Army for Multiparty Politics (CAMP) until they revealed where they had hidden their guns. The 'New Vision' quoted the Northern Reserve Force Commander, Julius Oketa, as saying villagers became suspicious of the group "that was roaming bare-chested". "The four were then chased, captured and cut with pangas [machetes] and forced to disclose where they had kept their guns before being handed over to the UPDF [Ugandan army] in Lira town. Two guns and a pistol were recovered," Oketa said. The CAMP was said to have been headed by ex-president Milton Obote's former chief-of-staff Smith Opon Acak, who was killed by the Ugandan army last week.