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Ntoroko, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan military on Tuesday said it killed 11 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels and captured eight others in an ongoing operation in the western part of the country bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The military spokesperson’s office in a tweet on Tuesday said the operation followed a group of about 30 ADF rebels crossing into the country from neighboring DRC on Monday night.
Date 13 Dec 22.
Combat Results so far at Kyapa Village.
Bweramure Sub County Ntoroko District.
Enemy Side.
11 POA.
08 Captured Alive.
10 Smgs Charged from the Enemy.
01 PK Charged from the ADF.
Own Side.
01 KIA.
Operation is going on.— Defence Spokesperson (@UPDFspokespersn) December 13, 2022
The office said results from the combat at Kyapa village, Bweramure Sub County, Ntoroko district indicate that 10 sub-machine guns and one PK gun were captured from the ADF.
The military said one soldier was lost on its side while in battle with the rebels.
ADF, which is also a branch of the Islamic State in Central Africa, is a Ugandan rebel group that is holed up in the jungles of eastern DRC. The rebel outfit is blamed for the suicide bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala in November last year.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in a Dec. 2 national address blamed part of the recent attacks on police stations in the central region on the ADF.
The Ugandan military together with the Congolese troops launched joint attacks on the rebel group in November last year. The rebel group is also blamed for causing havoc in villages in eastern DRC.
