Wüstenschiff

Bei Kämpfen zwischen Armee und bewaffneten Stammesvertretern sind in Uganda dutzende Menschen getötet worden. Die Soldaten hätten am Samstag eine Attacke auf eine Kaserne in Bundibugyo abgewehrt und dabei mindestens 41 Angreifer getötet.

At least 58 people were killed after gunmen launched a co-ordinated attack on police stations and military barracks in Uganda, the army says. The dead included 41 gunmen and 17 police and civilians. The attacks took place in the west of Uganda, near the border with DR Congo. The army said the attacks were caused by a dispute between rival ethnic groups, but there are fears over the possible resurgence of a Ugandan rebel movement based in eastern DR Congo. The attacks targeted security forces in the districts of Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo.