KAMPALA, Uganda: The death toll from the deadly attack on a school in Uganda by militants linked to Daesh has risen to 41, local officials said on Saturday. Authorities said at least 41 people, including 38 students, and one security guard were killed when rebels attacked a school in Uganda.
Uganda School Attack Death Toll Rises to 41
The African country’s Army earlier confirmed that 37 people were killed in the deadly attack in western Uganda. “Unfortunately, 37 bodies have been discovered and conveyed to Bwera hospital mortuary,” Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces spokesman Felix Kulayigye said in a statement, referring to a town near where the attack occurred.
Members of a Ugandan group based in eastern Congo, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that has pledged allegiance to Daesh, attacked Lhubirira secondary school in Mpondwe, burning a dormitory and looting food late on Friday, police said.
An earlier statement by Ugandan 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”.
The security forces were chasing the attackers who fled toward Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said further.
In April, the Allied Democratic Forces attacked a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 20 people. Uganda has sent troops into Congo to help fight the ADF. —AFP
