KAMPALA-UGANDA/NEWSDAY: The Uganda People’s Defense Forces has launched airstrikes inside the Democratic Republic of Congo as it pursues the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the Forces’ spokesperson Brig Flavia Byekwaso has said.
Ugandan has blamed the ADF for deadly suicide bombings in Kampala on November 16. The armed group has been accused of carrying out dozens of attacks in the eastern DRC and assassinations in Uganda.
On Oct. 25, ISIS said ADF operatives were behind an explosion at a restaurant in a Kampala suburb that killed a waitress the previous day—the first time ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in Uganda. On Oct. 26, several people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on a bus driving in the outskirts of Kampala.
The Democratic Republic of Congo pondered allowing Uganda armed forces to enter its territory to chase rebels blamed for massacres in the region, sources told AFP.
“President (Felix) Tshisekedi has already raised the option of allowing Ugandan troops to enter Congolese territory to chase ADF terrorists together with,” UN troops, a presidential adviser told AFP on condition of anonymity.
At least seven terror suspects have been killed and 106 arrested.
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