Moment before 'missing' Ugandan choppers left Soroti

Seven of the 28 Ugandan soldiers who were aboard three helicopters that went missing in Mount Kenya forest have been rescued.<br />Military Spokesman Bogita Ongeri said the soldiers in one of the located helicopters were receiving treatment at a military base in Nanyuki.<br />"Seven of them have been rescued and are being treated," he said.<br />He would not comment on the extent of injuries they sustained or if they were the only ones in their helicopter.<br />Ongeri added that the search and rescue mission for two other military helicopters was underway in the expansive forest where they went down late on Sunday while en-route to Somalia to join AMISOM forces in the war against Al Shabaab.