Five Ugandan soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) will serve varied penalties, including death, after a court martial found them guilty of murdering civilians.
A decision announced on Saturday said a Ugandan Court martial found the five guilty of killing the unarmed civilians in an incident in Golweyn, Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, some 110km from Mogadishu.
Two of the soldiers will serve a death penalty while three others will serve 39 years in jail each in one of the heaviest punishment ever announced on Amisom troops.
Independent media in Somalia had published stories of families grieving that the seven killed were innocent farmers and not members of the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab jihadists. However, investigations also found out that on the fateful day, Amisom soldiers did, indeed, encounter Al-Shabaab fighters at the area of the incident that caused exchange of gunfire.
“In the encounter, one Amisom soldier was killed and another sustained gunshot injuries,” Amisom stated.
American’s kill civilian’s all the time with their airstrikes … and call it collateral damage. What’s wrong with Ugandans suckin’ up to human rights bullshit.
hio ni mind game tu PR exercise , ya ku appease the somalis . Museveni never leaves his soldiers behind . otherwise the soldiers will be re assigned to barracks in the country chini ya woyes
Bazungu dont give two shïts killing ,ragheads,sheepshaggers,kikes,kneegahs,spics,chinks or gooks nor do they care if they fcuk each other up. America for americans…nyinyi wengine mumalizane