Africa

Uganda forces kill 41 gunmen near DR Congo border

370113_Uganda-forcesUganda’s army soldiers have killed 41 armed men in a battle with tribal gunmen near the country’s border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said on Sunday that the battle erupted in the western district of Bundibuguyo a day earlier after tribal gunmen attacked army barracks.

“We repulsed them, killing so far 41 of the attackers. The operation is ongoing,” Ankunda said, adding, “We lost nine rifles to the attackers.”

He did not disclose whether there were any army casualties from the battle.

Local media, however, reported that a soldier and his three children were killed in the attack.

The country’s police spokesman, Fred Enanga, said that unknown armed men attacked a police checkpoint in the neighboring district of Kasese earlier on Saturday, killing one officer.

The attacks came hours after the Ugandan army said it had killed a person for being involved in an attack at a church in the border region last week that left one woman dead.

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