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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Uganda forces kill 41 gunmen near DR Congo border |
| 2014-07-07 |
| [Iran Press TV] Uganda's army soldiers have killed 41 gunnies in a battle with tribal gunnies near the country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC). Army front man Paddy Ankunda said on Sunday that the battle erupted in the western district of Bundibuguyo a day earlier after tribal gunnies 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 front man, Fred Enanga, said that unknown gunnies 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. |
| Posted by:Fred |