Operation Shujaa kills three ADF terrorists in Ituri, DRC

Under the command of Lt Col Deus Williams Achungwire, the 7 Mountain Battalion commander, the joint forces cornered the ADF remnants who had infiltrated the remote villages looting food stuffs and terrorizing communities.

“Their targets are specially to loot food and acquire medicine. They use machetes to hack one or two civilians for publicity purposes. Otherwise, ADF has lost cohesion and will to fight in this sector. We have neutralized the marauding splinter ADF terrorists in our rear of Burasi, Kyamugambi and Kyabwohe and now people have returned to their secured villages,” Lt Col Achungwire explained.

The operation recovered two SMGs, 34 rounds of ammunitions, two empty magazines, one mobile phone, two Simcards (Airtel and Vodacom), one Accumulator Battery, one machete, half a litre of petrol and one pair of FARDC uniform.

This new success follows the killing of two ADF commanders on August 14 almost in the same region 07 Kms West of Mboga between Malibongo and Maraya.

Accoding to Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), the ADF commanders killed were Juruga Ahmed from Yumbe district and one ADF foreign fighter only identified as Abdul from Somalia.

In that joint onslaught, two SMGs, a walkie talkie radio, four improvised explosive devices and three copies of the Koran were recovered from ADF, according to UPDF.

Lt Col Deus Achungwire says, the splinter groups of ADF now marauding the villages aim at looting food stuffs and terrorize villagers for publicity purpose.