Militants linked to Islamic State killed 25 people in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan police said on Saturday.
Members of the Allied Democratic Forces , a Ugandan group based in eastern Congo that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, attacked Lhubirira secondary school in Mpondwe, burning a dormitory and looting food late on Friday, police said.
"So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital. Also recovered are eight victims, who remain in critical condition at Bwera Hospital," Ugandan police said on Twitter.Soldiers were pursuing the attackers who fled towards Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police added.
In April, the ADF attacked a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 20 people.Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru and George Obulutsa In Nairobi; Editing by William Mallard
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