LRA attacks on Civilians in Northern Congo
This 67-page report details the brutal slaughter of more than 865 civilians and the abduction of at least 160 children between December 24, 2008, and January 17 in the Haute Uele district of Congo. In some of the most devastating attacks, LRA combatants waited until people had come together for Christmas festivities and then hacked their victims to death with machetes and axes or crushed their skulls with clubs and heavy sticks.
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ISBN: 1-56432-440-0
ISBN: 1-56432-440-0
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- The Christmas Massacres
- Map 1: Democratic Republic of Congo
- Map 2: Location of Christmas Massacres
- Map 3: Villages Attacked by the LRA in Doruma Area
- I. Summary
- II. Recommendations
- III. Methodology
- IV. Background
- V. Attacks on Civilians between September and November 2008
- VI. The Christmas Massacres
- VII. Life with the LRA: The Children Speak
- VIII. Response from the LRA
- IX. Recent International Action on the LRA
- Acknowledgments
- Annex I: Civilians Killed by the LRA over the Christmas Period
- Annex II: Civilians Killed by the LRA in the First Wave of Attacks
- Annex III: Children Abducted by the LRA
- Annex IV: Adults Abducted by the LRA in Faradje and Surroundings






