Ugandan aid staff shot

Suspected rebels from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army shot dead two local aid workers, the UN said.

The LRA has seldom targeted humanitarian staff, but in two days there have been three attacks on three aid agency vehicles.

"A Caritas staff member ... was shot dead in Kitgum district," an official said. "A clearly marked Accord vehicle was shot at in Pader district. One man was killed."

Earlier last week, two local aid workers were wounded when their Christian Children's Fund car was ambushed by suspected LRA rebels, aid workers said.