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| September 27, 2009 |
LRA murders two aid workers
BANGUI Two employees of an Italian NGO, Coopi, were killed in the Central African Republic when Lord's Resistance Army rebels attacked their vehicle, a military source said Friday."A vehicle belonging to the Coopi was transporting construction material to Obo with nine people on board when it was attacked by LRA.
"The vehicle's driver and another Coopi employee were killed in the attack. Two other people were wounded by bullets, and five others are missing."
More than a year ago villages in the Obo region, which is located in southeastern Central African Republic, were attacked, and some 300 children were stolen.
The Ugandan-led LRA began its campaign of brutal guerrilla raids two decades ago, but has launched a fresh wave of attacks, terrorizing a vast swathe of land across several nations, including the Central African Republic.