4 more ADF rebels killed in Bundibugyo
Apr 04, 2007
THE UPDF on Tuesday killed four more rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who were fleeing the army offensive in Bundibugyo District.
By Anne Mugisa and Bizimungu Kisakye
THE UPDF on Tuesday killed four more rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who were fleeing the army offensive in Bundibugyo District.
This brings to 65 the total number of rebels killed in the region since the operation started one-and-a-half weeks ago.
The four, all men, were killed at Ibanda II, about 3km from Karugutu, along Bundibugyo Road.
Karugutu is the next trading centre from Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole, where the ADF burnt over 80 students in their dormitories in 1998.
“They were part of the group that escaped when 34 of their colleagues were killed in a clash with the UPDF on March 28,†said UPDF 2nd Division spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco.
“We recovered four sub-machine guns, four loaded magazines and one hand grenade.â€
He said the rebels failed to cross back to Congo because the UPDF had blocked off the routes in Ntandi and along River Semliki.
“One of them had wounds sustained during the recent clash. They were intercepted by the First Commando Unit, led by Capt. Noel Mwesigye,†he added.
During a press conference last weekend, defence minister Crispus Kiyonga threatened that Uganda would enter Congo if the problem of the so-called negative forces was not addressed.
“The people of Uganda must be re-assured that the Government will not allow its territory and people to be attacked from time to time by terrorists. We reserve the right to self-defence, including pursuing the terrorists to their points of origin.â€
Earlier, the state minister for international affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, handed over a strongly worded diplomatic note to the Congolese representative in Kampala condemning the “continued presence and terrorist activities against Uganda of the ADF and NALU, operating from Congo.â€
The note called on Kinshasa to “take immediate action to ensure that its territory ceases to be used by negative forces whose purpose was aimed at destabilising Uganda and posing a threat to stability in the region.â€
It regretted that the events occurred in spite of a long list of meetings, in the presence of the UN Observer Mission in Congo (MONUC), where commitments were made which were never fulfilled.
Oryem delivered a similar message to the MONUC representative in Kampala.
THE UPDF on Tuesday killed four more rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who were fleeing the army offensive in Bundibugyo District.
This brings to 65 the total number of rebels killed in the region since the operation started one-and-a-half weeks ago.
The four, all men, were killed at Ibanda II, about 3km from Karugutu, along Bundibugyo Road.
Karugutu is the next trading centre from Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole, where the ADF burnt over 80 students in their dormitories in 1998.
“They were part of the group that escaped when 34 of their colleagues were killed in a clash with the UPDF on March 28,†said UPDF 2nd Division spokesman, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco.
“We recovered four sub-machine guns, four loaded magazines and one hand grenade.â€
He said the rebels failed to cross back to Congo because the UPDF had blocked off the routes in Ntandi and along River Semliki.
“One of them had wounds sustained during the recent clash. They were intercepted by the First Commando Unit, led by Capt. Noel Mwesigye,†he added.
During a press conference last weekend, defence minister Crispus Kiyonga threatened that Uganda would enter Congo if the problem of the so-called negative forces was not addressed.
“The people of Uganda must be re-assured that the Government will not allow its territory and people to be attacked from time to time by terrorists. We reserve the right to self-defence, including pursuing the terrorists to their points of origin.â€
Earlier, the state minister for international affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, handed over a strongly worded diplomatic note to the Congolese representative in Kampala condemning the “continued presence and terrorist activities against Uganda of the ADF and NALU, operating from Congo.â€
The note called on Kinshasa to “take immediate action to ensure that its territory ceases to be used by negative forces whose purpose was aimed at destabilising Uganda and posing a threat to stability in the region.â€
It regretted that the events occurred in spite of a long list of meetings, in the presence of the UN Observer Mission in Congo (MONUC), where commitments were made which were never fulfilled.
Oryem delivered a similar message to the MONUC representative in Kampala.