Suspected rebels under detention in Kasese
HABARI DAILY I Kampala, Uganda I In a re-indentation of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel attacks on Kasese in the past, an overnight attack on a police barracks in Kasese District has raised alarm bells.
One of the attackers, who were armed with pangas, were shot dead.
According to security sources, unidentified thugs attacked and set a police house ablaze, a move that has raised fears among the recovering population.
The attack prompted the authorities to warn residents to remain indoors.
Authorities have heightened security across the district and deployed joint police and military patrols.
The assault, which occurred around midnight, left part of the barracks compound damaged as residents were awakened by heavy gunfire.
Authorities have heightened security across the district and deployed joint police and military patrols.
Police said the identity of the attackers has not yet been established but investigations are underway.
The ADF launched its first notable attack in November 1996 in Uganda. They used the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda as their primary theater.
Between 1997 and 2000, rebels destabilized numerous Ugandan districts including Kasese Bundibugyo, Kabarole, and Kyenjojo, displacing large swaths of the population.
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