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6.01 News: Ugandan troops reported to have killed 15 Hutu rebels who carried out tourist massacre
A senior Ugandan Army officer has claimed that 15 of the Hutu rebels alleged to have hacked to death eight western tourists on Monday have themselves been killed. He said Rwandan soldiers ambushed the rebels after they were pursued across the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo by Ugandan troops.
Earlier today, the first British survivor of the massacre of western tourists in Uganda has arrived back from Africa. Mark Avis, whose New Zealander wife Rhonda was among the eight people killed by Rwandan Hutu rebels, flew into London's Gatwick Airport this morning.
The Ugandan President said yesterday that they would stop at nothing to capture or kill the rebels who carried out the massacre. He has sent 500 troops to pursue them.
