Bodies of slain Ugandan soldiers flown home

Twelve bodies of slain Ugandan soldiers who were killed in an ambush on July 30, 2017 in Somalia are received at the Entebbe Airforce Base on August 2. PHOTO | ALEX ESAGALA

Twelve bodies of slain Ugandan soldiers who were killed in an ambush on Sunday in Somalia were flown home.

In coffins draped in the national flag, the bodies were received by top military officials and families at the army air base in Entebbe on Wednesday and then taken to Bombo Military Hospital for embalmment.