As Mr Ojok bent down to investigate the source of a hissing sound from a round metal, it exploded. A team from police, UPDF and United Nations Department of Security took Mr Ojok to St Mary's Hospital, Lacor. Mr Ojok is the second victim of landmines in Acholi Sub-region in 2020. Over the years, unexploded ordnances (UXOs) such as landmines, grenades, mortars and artillery shells have claimed many lives and crippled others in northern Uganda. The landmines were dropped during the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency that lasted about two decades.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 29, 2020 12:56 UTC