UPDF soldiers injured in grenade attack

PIC: Army spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire confirmed the incident

SECURITY

RUKUNGIRI - Two  UPDF soldiers were critically injured in a grenade attack in Rwenshama, Rukungiri district on Thursday.

The injured soldiers, who are yet to be named, were part of a unit deployed to patrol Lake Edward.

UPDF spokesman Brig. Richard Karemire confirmed that the attack was carried out by "some gunmen who hurled a grenade onto our patrol boat".

"We have since intensified the patrols as we hunt down the attackers," he said.

Rwenshama is  a fishing village a few miles from the DR Congo border and is about 60km from Rukungiri Municipality in the western part of the country.