Located in Obalanga County, Amuria, it contains the remains of the 265 victims of the 2003 Teso Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attack.

[1][2][3][4] Since 2003, Teso leaders have organized annual memorial prayers on June 15 to remember the people who were killed in the attack.

[1][6] The Arrow Boys were local militia who were mobilized by Teso leaders to drive out the LRA out of the region.

They used rudimentary tools like axes, machetes, arrows and bows to defend themselves from the LRA attack.

[7][2][8][9][10][5][11][12][excessive citations] The Arrow Boys were ex-soldiers of the Uganda People's Army (UPA) who had fought against the government in late 1980s and early 1990s, and had been out of action for at least ten years.