At least 37 people were killed — many of them students — and eight others were wounded when militants with an extremist group attacked a secondary school in western Uganda.
Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, the country's deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday.
The death toll from an attack on a school in western Uganda by jihadists linked to the Islamic State (IS) group has risen to 37, the country's army said on Saturday.
Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in eastern Congo, carried out the raid on the school in the border town of Mpondwe.
The assailants, believed to be fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces terror group, locked dozens of students in one dormitory before setting it on fire.
At least 41 bodies, including 38 students, were recovered following an attack on a secondary school in Uganda, near the Congo border, authorities said Saturday morning.
Gunmen linked to the Islamic State group (ISIS) have attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 37 people and injuring several others, police say. Six others were reported to have been abducted. The attack happened at 11:30 p.m.
Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.
Gunmen linked to the Islamic State group (ISIS) have attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 25 students and injuring several others, police say. Other students are reported to have been kidnapped. The attack happened at around 11 p.m.
Dozens of schoolchildren were among those slain by suspected Islamic State-aligned rebels in an attack on a secondary school in western Uganda, officials said Saturday.
By Bethlehem Feleke, Isaac Yee and Chris Lau, CNN Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — At least 26 students have been killed and six abducted following an attack at a western Uganda school by armed rebels from the Allied Democratic Force, a Ugandan major told CNN on Saturday.
Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.
Suspected rebels attacked a school in a remote area of Uganda near the Congo border, killing at least 41 people in a nighttime raid before fleeing across the porous frontier, authorities said. Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims.
Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — Armed rebels attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least 41 people, mostly students, and abducting six others, Ugandan officials have
KAMPALA, Uganda >> Suspected rebels attacked a school in a remote area of Uganda near the Congo border, killing at least 41 people in a nighttime raid before fleeing across the porous frontier, authorities said. Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims.
