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group of 14 tourists in Uganda were kidnapped by Rwandan rebels. Eight
of them were killed. We heard from
Mark Ross, an American tour leader and survivor of the attack and
from Michael Cook, the British High Commissioner in Uganda. |
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4th March 1999
Kidnap and killings
in Uganda
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got my people moving and we left. We went on down and then came across
the first set of bodies. The women that we’d been told would
be escorted back had been killed on the spot. They were
executed. There wasn’t any rescue attempt, I mean we ran into
the Ugandan soldiers heading up from the south west at around quarter
to five that evening but we were already on our way back down nobody,
nobody rescued
us. |
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WORDS
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escorted back:
to escort someone back means you make sure they reach their destination
on the spot: if
something happens 'on the spot', it happens immediately
we ran into: to
'run into' means to meet someone unexpectedly
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Yesterday
we took care of eleven people who evaded capture, or hid,
or escaped, and they were shocked naturally, but were not
physically harmed except for some bruises. And the six that were
released we’ve taken care of today, and medical checks show
that, while they’re understandably traumatised, they’re
not physically hurt. We’re taking care of them to ensure that
the circumstances here are as gentle as possible.
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evaded: if you
evade something, you avoid it
naturally: something
that is not surprising
traumatised: if
someone is traumatised by an event or situation it is extremely
upsetting and causes great stress and may cause long term psychological
damage
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