[ 2012-05-13 ]

Ugandan army captures 'top' rebel LRA commander
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) - Uganda's army has captured
a top commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance
Army (LRA), a spokesman said Sunday.

"We are going to see a captured top commander,"
army spokesman Felix Kulayigye told AFP, shortly
before reporters were flown on a military aircraft
to see the rebel.

The army have not given the name of the rebel, and
there were conflicting reports as to whether he is
among the top three chiefs wanted by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes
charges.

The rebel is believed to have been captured in the
Central African Republic, one of several nations
where the Ugandan-led LRA operate.

The most notorious wanted LRA member is its chief
Joseph Kony, who is wanted by the ICC for war
crimes. His global notoriety has increased over
the past year through an Internet video "Kony
2012," which has been watched tens of millions of
times since it was posted online by the US
advocacy group Invisible Children.

Kony is wanted by the ICC for rape, mutilation and
murder of civilians, as well as forcibly
recruiting children to serve as soldiers and sex
slaves.

Source - AFP

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