source: URN (Uganda); West Nile Web; Daily Monitor (Uganda)
actor1: Military Forces of Uganda (1986-)
actor2: Zombo Communal Militia (Uganda)
location: Patek
notes: On 6 March 2020, UPDF pursued an unknown communal militia (the majority of whom are suspected of being residents of Zombo district, and at least some who are likely to be Lendu militiamen from the DRC) who had attacked them earlier that day in Zombo, intercepting them at Zonga village in Patek parish (Zombo district). Dozens were arrested during and after the clash. The UPDF have announced that they killed 17 militiamen; media sources have given varying figures suggesting 20-23 were killed (with one report indicating that three militiamen were killed by local residents in the sub-county and in Nyapea). The UPDF has also disputed reports that the attackers were part of a new rebel group.