A man believed to be the leader of assailants attacking security installations in the country has been captured.
The yet to be named suspect was arrested by Crime Intelligence commandos at Nyendo, Masaka City in central Uganda.
The operation was conducted on Saturday night.
According to a police source, the suspect is now cooperating with security personnel to recover weapons stolen or used during the attacks in different hideouts.
This website understands the suspect was found with 10 weapons including PK machine gun which was used to attack Kyabadaza Police Station in Butambala a few weeks ago.
An official in Police further revealed that they recovered more 20 explosives- bombs and grenades.
“We have recovered a multiple purpose gun called PK and other weapons that the group was using,” a source separately told Daily Monitor newspaper.
The suspect who was trained by ADF is said to have commanded the attacks on Busiiika Police Station, Kyabadaaza Police Station and also killed Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer in Matugga.
There has been a growing spate of attacks on security installations and personnel mainly targeting police officers, which Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Geoffrey Katsigazi, recently blamed on a so-called Uganda Coalition for Change rebel group.
“The problem of attacking police posts and taking guns is a deliberate effort by a group of people who seem to think they can change the government by force.
So, it’s no longer the same criminals who come and attack with machetes and rob. This is mainly to kill and take guns,” Katsigazi, a two-star military general parachuted as second-in-command in police, said on November 4.
