An Al-Shabaab attack took place on an AU peacekeeper operating base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu on May 26, 2023.

The Al-Shabaab militants claimed in a statement that it carried out suicide bomb attacks and killed 137 Ugandan soldiers, while others were taken as prisoners of war. However, these claims have not yet been independently verified.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni described the Friday dawn attack as unfortunate but noted the Ugandan army will retaliate. The president’s statement, like the earlier statement by the African Union Transition Mission, did not mention the number of casualties.

“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,” the president said in his statement.

The president said the chief of the Uganda Defence Force has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the matter and that at a later time, will come up with the details of the casualties.

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.

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