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Rebels reported to have killed 90 prisoners

    NAIROBI
    The ADF have killed 90 of 365 prisoners they abducted when they attacked Katojo Prison near Fort Portal in western Uganda last week, the semi-official 'New Vision' newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing Ugandan army sources. The Ugandan army had discovered the hacked and decomposing bodies of the deceased on the slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains where the ADF has its bases, the 'New Vision' said. Meanwhile, eight people were killed and six injured when the ADF attacked an army detachment at Bungwa, 4 km outside Bundibugyo, early on Monday morning, news organisations reported. Among the dead and injured were guards of a nearby camp for internally-displaced people (IDPs), the paper added.

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