The New Vision is reporting that LRA rebels have attacked the Congolese town of Duru near the border of Sudan, causing thousands of people to flee. According to the Missionary International Service News Agency (MINSA), a group of rebels reportedly attacked the town, a few dozen kilometers from the southern Sudan border, looting the local Comboni mission, hospital and the house of the sisters and briefly holding hostage an Italian priest. Father Fermo Bernasconi said the attack was unprecedented. Since the Ugandan rebels arrived in Congolese territory about two years ago and settled in Garamba National Park, no actions against the civil population were reported. However, local sources told MISNA that the UN peacekeepers in Congo have stepped up pressure on the rebels. The Ugandan army said it has no knowledge of the events.