Ugandan army troops inside the DRC have killed another 10 Rwandan Hutu rebels suspected of involvement in last week’s massacre at Bwindi National Park in southwest Uganda, ‘The Monitor’ newspaper reported yesterday (Sunday). It said a group of 300 rebels were ambushed by the Ugandan army on Thursday some 25 km inside the DRC border. Another 15 suspected Interahamwe rebels were killed on 2 March by Ugandan troops hunting down those responsible for the massacre of eight foreign tourists and four Ugandans at Bwindi.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern that civilians including ethnic Hutus may become the victims of punitive army operations, including summary executions, in the Congo and it urged the Ugandan army to respect international humanitarian law in its operation.
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