Top most commander for new rebel group arrested

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KAMPALA-Uganda Coalition Front for Change(UCFC), overall commander was arrested by a joint security team

The arrested rebel commander has been identified as Ssemwogerere.

the joint security spokesperson says this is a newly formed rebel group that has carried out attacks on security personnel and robbing their guns.

It was formed late last year, UCFC carried out several attacks in Wakiso, Mityana and Kiboga among other places targeting mostly security officers who were killed and guns robbed.

In September, unknown assailants armed with machetes attacked police officers manning a Fika Salaama roadblock at Kiwumpa village in Luweero district cutting two police officers, killing one and two guns robbed in an incident that happened at around 11am.

Fred Enanga Police spokesperson, says following the arrest of several rebel group members, they tracked the overall commander of the group who was finally arrested last week.

Without divulging more details about the arrest, the joint security spokesperson said Ssemwogerere as the joint commander of the new rebel group has been responsible for commanding attacks on security personnel in Wakiso, Mityana, Kiboga and Kassanda districts targeting mostly guns.

In the separate attacks, four police officers were gunned down by unknown assailants and their guns taken whereas in another incident in Wakiso, two LDU personnel were attacked, injured and a gun robbed from them.

Enanga said whereas the five guns robbed by the rebel group had been recovered earlier, the operation to dismantle the group continued, leading to the arrest of the overall commander.