Three Allied Democratic Front rebel fighters have been killed in a joint military operation by the armies of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A military statement says the three were found in Ntoroko-Mboga in Ituri Province, about 14 kilometres South-east of Mboga town yesterday.
This follows another joint operation on Wednesday, by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in which two other suspected ADF rebels were killed seven kilometres outside Mboga town.
The group has been blamed for thousands of deaths in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, and for bomb attacks last year in Uganda.
Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Deus Williams Achungwire, the 7th Mountain Battalion commander, the joint forces cornered the ADF rebels who had infiltrated the remote villages looting food stuff and terrorizing communities. Lt-Col. Achungwire added that when the joint forces captured the ADF camps of Lusulube and Tondoli One and Two, the rebels decided to split into smaller groups to stretch the forces.
Major Peter Mugisa, the Operation Shujaa spokesperson said items including four sub-machine guns, 34 rounds of ammunition, mobile phones, explosive devices and simcards among others were also recovered in both operations. END