Militant attack kills 41 at Ugandan school

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 19, 2023 12:05 am

Mpondwe, Uganda: Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, in the country's deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday.

The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who also abducted six people during a raid on a school late Friday before fleeing back toward the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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