Priest shot, church worker killed by rebels in northeast Uganda

Published: 2003-12-05

LIRA, Uganda (CNS) -- An Italian missionary priest was shot and wounded and a church worker was killed after they were ambushed by Ugandan rebels. Comboni Father Guido Cellana, 66, was returning to his mission parish outside Lira when his vehicle was ambushed Nov. 28 by members of the Lord's Resistance Army, said Father Sebhat Ayele, Comboni superior in Lira. Father Cellana was shot in the hand; the church worker died at the scene, Father Ayele said. The rebels stole $50 from the priest and took the vehicle's radio. They also seized nine bags of maize flour, which Father Cellana was delivering to displaced people in the region.

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