Maj Gen Dominic Ongwen (L) and LRA rebels in their camp DR Congo. FILE PHOTO
By Monitor Reporter
Five LRA rebels have been killed by the African Union Regional Task Force troops from the Ugandan Contingent (UPDF).
The incident, according to the deputy UPDF spokesperson, Maj Henry Obbo, happened on Saturday at Quanda, 75KM North of Mboki in Central African Republic.
Maj Obbo said the UPDF recovered four AK-47 riffles with 210 live ammunitions from the rebels who put up resistance that led to their death.
He added that there were no any loses or casualties on the UPDF side.
Quanda is a transit route for the rebels to DRC.
Of late the rebels are under immense pressure from the AU forces that they (rebels) are often on the run and looking for places of aboard to no avail.
Intelligence indicators, according to Maj Obbo, show willingness of some rebels to surrender. “We welcome and encourage all who are willing to surrender to act very fast because having been chased away from Uganda by over 1000 miles, they should surely open up their eyes and realize that they are headed for a bottomless pit,” he said.
The development comes barely two months after one of LRA’s top commander, Maj Gen Dominic Ongwen surrendered to the Seleka rebels in CAR. At his maiden appearance before the single judge of Pre-Trial Chamber at International Criminal Court in Hague on Januray 26, seven charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity were read to him. He is expected to reappear in court in January next year.
The incident, according to the deputy UPDF spokesperson, Maj Henry Obbo, happened on Saturday at Quanda, 75KM North of Mboki in Central African Republic.
Maj Obbo said the UPDF recovered four AK-47 riffles with 210 live ammunitions from the rebels who put up resistance that led to their death.
He added that there were no any loses or casualties on the UPDF side.
Quanda is a transit route for the rebels to DRC.
Of late the rebels are under immense pressure from the AU forces that they (rebels) are often on the run and looking for places of aboard to no avail.
Intelligence indicators, according to Maj Obbo, show willingness of some rebels to surrender. “We welcome and encourage all who are willing to surrender to act very fast because having been chased away from Uganda by over 1000 miles, they should surely open up their eyes and realize that they are headed for a bottomless pit,” he said.
The development comes barely two months after one of LRA’s top commander, Maj Gen Dominic Ongwen surrendered to the Seleka rebels in CAR. At his maiden appearance before the single judge of Pre-Trial Chamber at International Criminal Court in Hague on Januray 26, seven charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity were read to him. He is expected to reappear in court in January next year.
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