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14 reported dead after ADF attacks

    NAIROBI
    Twelve people were reported killed and six Ugandan soldiers captured in a Christmas Eve raid by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces on Hakiitara village in Bundibugyo District, western Uganda, the semi-official 'New Vision' newspaper reported on Monday, quoting military sources. The dead included six of an estimated 150 ADF attackers, it said. The rebels capture of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers was the first occasion in some time on which they have taken soldiers as prisoners of war, the report added. The paper also reported that suspected ADF rebels killed two people and injured two others in an attack on Kiboota, Buheesi sub-county, Kabarole District, on Christmas Day.

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