Uganda's army has accused the Lord's Resistance Army rebels of hacking to death 45 civilians in a Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Capt Chris Magezi said the scene was "horrendous... dead bodies of mostly women and children cut in pieces". The attack happened on 26 December 2008. The UN says at least 189 people were killed in several attacks recently. Some reports say more than 100 people were killed in the church alone. The armies of Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo carried out a joint offensive against the rebels in mid-December 2008 after LRA leader Joseph Kony again refused to sign a peace deal. The LRA leader, who has lived in a jungle hideout in north-eastern DR Congo for the last few years, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.