ICC hears closing remarks in trial of Ugandan warlord

KAMPALA, Uganda 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) heard closing statements Tuesday in the trial of a former commander of the Uganda-based Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

Dominic Ongwen, the first LRA member to appear before the court, denied all the charges.

"I was abducted in 1988 and was taken to the bush when I was 14 years old," he said.

Long before he was a feared and notorious commander, Ongwen became a child victim of the LRA when he was abducted while walking to school. He was indoctrinated and forced to commit unspeakable atrocities at 14 years old. He was told