The attack was carried by about 800 members of Somalian Islamist group al-Shabaab. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KAMPALA – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said late on Saturday that there had been casualties during an attack by Somalia’s Islamist group al-Shabaab on a military base manned by Ugandan peacekeepers in the Horn of African country on Friday.
“Condolences to the country and the families of those who died,” Mr Museveni said in a statement, adding the country’s military had set up a panel to investigate what happened. Mr Museveni said during the attack that some soldiers did not perform as expected and panicked. Al-Shabaab had taken advantage of the ensuing chaos and overran the base, destroying some equipment.
Al-Shabaab fighters targeted the base early on Friday in Bulamarer, 130 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu.
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