Dozens killed as ISIS-linked rebels attack school in western Uganda

Kampala, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Militants linked to the Islamic State group (ISIS) hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country's worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said Saturday.

June 17, 2023
09:11

“Unfortunately, 37 bodies have been discovered and conveyed to Bwera hospital mortuary,” Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesman Felix Kulayigye said in a statement, referring to a town near where the attack occurred.

The source did not specify how many victims are students of the referred secondary school in the locality of Kasase, located near the borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Eight people were injured while six others were kidnapped and taken by the attackers toward Virunga National Park, which straddles the DR Congo border, he added.

The ADF, an armed group deployed in eastern DRC and also perpetrating attacks on Ugandan territory, has been held responsible by humanitarian organizations for violent deaths of over 3,800 people in Democratic Congo since 2017.

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