Makombo massacre

Makombo massacre
Makombo massacre
Part of the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
	Haut-Uele District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Location	Makombo, DR Congo
Date	14–17 December 2009
Deaths	321–345+; 250 abducted (80 children)
Perpetrators	Lord's Resistance Army

The Makombo massacre took place from 14 to 17 December 2009 in the Haut-Uele District of Democratic Republic of the Congo in the village and region of Makombo.^[1] Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes the attacks, which killed 321 people, were perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which denied responsibility.

The sixty-mile (95 km) round-trip series of attacks began on 13 December 2009, in Mabanga Ya Talo, and continued until 18 December, traveling southeast down to the village of Tapili and back northwest again to the point of origin near the LRA camps on the north bank of the Uele River near Mavanzonguda.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Plaut, Martin (28 March 2010). "DR Congo rebel massacre of hundreds is uncovered". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "ICC: LRA Transfer Advances Chance for Justice". Human Rights Watch. 20 January 2015.

[BBC-1] Plaut, Martin (28 March 2010). "DR Congo rebel massacre of hundreds is uncovered". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

[2] "ICC: LRA Transfer Advances Chance for Justice". Human Rights Watch. 20 January 2015.

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