Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
A security report stated that the number of the mass suicide victims in Uganda exceeds 500 persons. The medical examiners are now examining the bodies burnt due to the fire that was lit by the Ten Commandments Group in the church building while they were practicing their religious rituals.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2000
At least 230 people belonging to a religious group called "The Movement of the Ten Commandments" committed suicide. The leader of this group had told his followers that suicide would reduce the pain in the life hereafter.
[Editor: Al-Ahrar also reported this news on the same day on p.1]