'Al Shabaab Will Regret Its Actions' - Museveni Breaks Silence On... nilepostnews: Uganda
In a late Saturday evening statement, Museveni said there was panic on the side of the Ugandan soldiers and this could have caused problems.
"Those defences are quite strong although they are guarded by light weapons. There were two tanks, two 14.5mm anti- air-craft guns and a 107mm Katyusha rocket launcher. Some of the soldiers there did not perform as expected and panicked, which disorganized them and the Al-Shabaab took advantage of that to overran the base and destroy some of the equipment," Museveni said.
Al-Shabab claimed in a statement that it carried out suicide bomb attacks and killed 137 Ugandan soldiers whereas others were taken as prisoners of war.In the first detailed statement about the incident, the president said there was panic among the soldiers when the attack happened. "The panic, it seems, was totally unnecessary because, in fact, both the anti-tank ditch and our soldiers had destroyed the three vehicles of explosives outside the FOB. The suicide bombers or whatever, were forced to blow themselves up before they gained entry into the base."
He explained that Ugandan unmanned aerial vehicles also known as drones were watching the whole scenarios from the sky and were directing fire.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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