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The most deadly ADF attack in Uganda was on 8 June, 1998, when the group attacked the Uganda Technical College, Kichwamba in Kabarole District, killing 80 students and abducting about 100. [1] In 1997, another major attack was carried out, when the group threw bombs into taxis and public buildings, [ 2 ] killing more than 50 people and wounding ...
Terrorism in Uganda primarily occurs in the north, where the Lord's Resistance Army, a militant Christian religious cult that seeks to overthrow the Ugandan government, has attacked villages and forcibly conscripted children into the organization since 1988. [1] The al-Shabbab jihadist group has also staged attacks in the country.
On 9 July, al-Shabaab leader Sheikh Mukhtar Robow had called for attacks against Uganda and Burundi. Al-Shabaab leader Sheik Yusuf Sheik Issa told Reuters "Uganda is a major infidel country supporting the so-called government of Somalia. We know Uganda is against Islam and so we are very happy at what has happened in Kampala.
The attack on the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School marked the first attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) jihadists (who are allied to the LRA) on a Ugandan school in 25 years: in June 1998, the Kichwamba massacre took place carried out by ADF at the Uganda Technical College, Kichwamba, near the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Njovu was captured during an exchange of fire on Lake Edward on Uganda's border with Congo. ... The ADF has ties to the Islamic State group. Following the attack on the tourists, Ugandan President ...
Al-Shabaab went on to release a 53-minute footage of the attack on the base several days later, showing the bodies of at least 45 UPDF soldiers, among them the body of Lt. Col. Edward Nyororo, the highest ranking commander in the base, who allegedly shot himself dead when the militants entered the base as a means to avoid capture.
The cause of the attack helicopter's crash in the western district of Ntoroko near the border is suspected to be bad weather, said Brig Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson for the Uganda People’s ...
Attacks on buildings and structures in Uganda (3 C, ... Terrorist incidents in Uganda (3 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 03:54 (UTC). ...