Most of those killed or in detention are guards who protected a traditional monarch accused of harboring the rebels in the western Kasese district, a stronghold of the political opposition and near the border with Congo.
Wengi wa waliouawa au wanaozuiliwa ni walinzi waliomlinda mfalme wa kitamaduni anayetuhumiwa kuwahifadhi waasi hao katika wilaya ya Kasese magharibi, ngome ya upinzani wa kisiasa na karibu na mpaka na Kongo.