The UPDF has said its intelligence arm together with Police have killed a man suspected to have been the master planner of the November 2021 Kampala bombings.
According to the Defence deputy public information officer, Col Deo the operation to apprehend Yasin Ddamulira, aka Musubuzi started shortly after the double blasts at the Central Police Station and Parliamentary Avenue when several suspects including, Musa Kabanda, Abas Ssekimpi and later Sulaiman Nsubuga were arrested.
“After the 2021 bombing, Kabanda was arrested and it was later established that he was among the top planners.He revealed that he was working closely with Ddamulira Yasin aka musubuzi, Abas Sekimpi and Nsubuga Sulaiman,” Akiiki said.
He said on Wednesday night, the Defence Intelligence Security( formerly CMI) while carrying out follow up operations detected Ddamulira in Mityana.
“On the same night Counter Terrorism forces and police on attempt to arrest Ddamulira resulted in fire exchange. He was finally put out of action and one SMG recovered.”
In November, 2021, ADF terrorists detonated twin bombs at the Central Police Station in Kampala and alongside Parliamentary Avenue where 10 people were killed and several others injured.
This led to several operations by Ugandan security forces in which they have since rounded up several individuals linked to the blasts as well as launching operations that have seen several suspected ADF sleeper cells wiped up and members either killed or arrested.
These operations continue up to date as security seeks to clean the country.
Following the November 2021 attacks, the Ugandan army, UPDF together with their Congolese counterparts , FADRC launched a joint operation against the ADF inside Congo.
The operation has seen several top ADF commanders and fighters either killed or captured alive and several caches of arms and ammunition seized.
The operation nicknamed ‘Shuja” a Kiswahili word for bravery has also led to the rescue of several abductees whereas several ADF camps have been destroyed as the group went into disarray and now moves in small splinter groups to avoid detection.
