UPDF officers look at the ammunition captured from LRA rebels

On Friday, August 24th, Ugandan military clashed with LRA forces led by ICC indictee Dominic Ongwen, freeing two LRA and capturing LRA supplies.

Via NewVision:

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has captured ammunition and household equipment in a fresh attack on Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The UPDF also rescued a six-year-old child born in the bush whose father and mother, both Ugandans, are still in the bush.

Another 19-year-old boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was also rescued when UPDF launched an assault on a group of LRA rebels commanded by Dominic Ongwen and a one Kibwola in CAR on Friday.

According to army spokesperson Col. Felix Kulayigye, the squad killed two rebels who are yet to be identified and also captured a number of guns.

Other captured assorted items include source pans, plates, jerrycans, and tools for digging out wild yams, solar panel, domestic radio and clothes.

Uganda launched its military offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels and their leader, Joseph Kony, to the jungles of CAR in 2009.

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