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HRW first found out about the attacks in
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LRA forces attacked at least 10 villages, capturing, killing, and abducting hundreds of civilians, including women and children. The vast majority of those killed were adult men, whom LRA combatants first tied up and then hacked to death with machetes or crushed their skulls with axes and heavy
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The sixty-mile (95 km) round-trip series of attacks began on 13 December 2009, in
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raised doubts over whether the LRA would have had time to kill and abduct so many people and said that the LRA totalled fewer than 200 men. However, the army has sent teams into the area to investigate the reports.
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volunteer buried a further seven bodies and nine skulls, including the son of a local chief. The attack was seen as an indication that the LRA remained active in the region despite losing its bases in
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