The joint Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF and the Congolese troops have attacked three Allied Democratic Forces-ADF bases in Eastern DR.
UPDF soldiers operating under sector three carried out aerial and artillery bombardment along Djelube, Lusolube, and Semuliki rivers along.
Seven ADF members were killed as several items were recovered and seized, including six SMGs, 87 live ammunition, one RPG, a walk-talkie, a phone, and a power bank.
In Lusolubve camp , they found two flags with Arabic inscriptions, various types and sizes of solar panels, metal food flasks, 60mm mortar baser plate, a pharmacy administrative book, and mobile phones among others.
The armed forces, also came across a mass grave with an estimated 100 to 150 decomposing bodies near.R. Djelube and Lusolube.
Maj. Peter Mugisa, the operation Shuja spokesperson, says that the ADF rebels are still active in the Rwenzori sector where they have concentrated their forces in Biangoro, Lusulube, Djembe, Mwalika, Isle, Taliha, Kabu Wabuwa river, and Semuliki confluence.
He says that the second ADF concentration area is in sectors two at Tokomeka, 1, 2, and 3 where the joint force is also pursuing the group.
Mugisa adds that this operation marks the beginning of the third phase of the operation ‘Shujja’ against the ADF group.
The operations against the ADF in DR Congo, started in Novembe 2022, when the combined UPDF Air Force and artillery shelled Kambi Ya Yua, Tondoli, Belu1, and Belu2 which are found in North Kivu province in Virunga and Ituri impenetrable forests of Eastern DRC.