The Ugandan army has denied reports from local leaders in the country’s troubled northern Lira district that up to 70 bodies from Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacks have been recovered in the last week. “This figure is simply false," Lira-based army spokesman Lt Chris Magezi told IRIN. "We know the rebels killed four over this last weekend in a place near Okude, but our investigations in this area revealed nothing further.