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INTRO | | A 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. |
IN FULL | |  | Listen to the report in full |
 |  | 4th March 1999 Kidnap and killings in Uganda |
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| NEWS 1 | | I 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. |
WORDS | | 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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| NEWS 2 | | 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. |
| WORDS | | 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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| | | Read about the background in BBC News Online |
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