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Ugandan LRA fighter Dominic Ongwen denies atrocity charges, says he was victim

Former senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen. (Photo: AFP)

A Ugandan man accused of being a senior commander in the infamous Lord's Resistance Army pleaded not guilty to murder, rape and other charges on Tuesday, telling the International Criminal Court he had been a victim of the guerrilla group.

Dominic Ongwen, who says he was abducted as a teenager and pressed into service in the late 1980s, faces 70 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to attacks on refugee camps in northern Uganda.

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