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Militants associated with Islamic country Today, Saturday, Ugandan police said that 25 people were killed at a school in western Uganda, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
members Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan group based in eastern Congo that declared allegiance to the Islamic State, came under attack preach Police said a secondary school in Mpondwe burned down a dormitory and looted food late Friday.
So far, 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and taken to Buera Hospital. Eight victims have also been recovered and are still in critical condition in the hospital. Come to the hospitalUgandan police said on Twitter.
The police did not say how many school children were killed.
The police added that the soldiers are pursuing the attackers, who fled towards the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In April, the ADF attacked a village in eastern DRC, killing at least 20 people.
Uganda has sent troops to the Congo to help fight the ADF.
members Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan group based in eastern Congo that declared allegiance to the Islamic State, came under attack preach Police said a secondary school in Mpondwe burned down a dormitory and looted food late Friday.
So far, 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and taken to Buera Hospital. Eight victims have also been recovered and are still in critical condition in the hospital. Come to the hospitalUgandan police said on Twitter.
The police did not say how many school children were killed.
The police added that the soldiers are pursuing the attackers, who fled towards the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In April, the ADF attacked a village in eastern DRC, killing at least 20 people.
Uganda has sent troops to the Congo to help fight the ADF.
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