Heavily armed tribesmen raided a village in northeastern Uganda, stealing cattle and killing 30 people, mostly women and children, a government official said Sunday.
Karamojong fighters attacked the village of Opeuru Aodot, 175 miles northeast of the capital, Kampala, at around noon Saturday, said resident district commissioner Ndiwa Chemasuet.
“They just came and shot people savagely. They shot anybody on sight. They killed 21 people and most of these were women and children who were at home,” Chemasuet said by telephone from his office in Katakwi district. “We have rushed five seriously injured people to Soroti hospital. It has been a disaster for us.”
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