The Uganda People’s Defese forces (UPDF) has killed at least 17 ADF rebels and captured 13 of them.
This was on Tuesday after they raided villages in Ntoroko District in western Uganda, the army said.
UPDF said on Tuesday that the suspected rebels crossed River Semuliki into Kyanja and other villages which border the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It is believed that during bullet exchanges, that’s when the UPDF managed to kill the 17 but expects that more could have drowned in the river during the gun exchange.
According to the deputy spokesperson, Deo Akiki, 16 guns were recovered and one UPDF soldier killed in the fire exchange
