Kampala, June 17 – At least 25 people were killed and eight others critically injured after militants linked to the Islamic State terror group attacked a school in Uganda, police said on Saturday.
The attack took place on Friday at the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe, reports the BBC.
In a statement, the police said the attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) — a Ugandan group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Soldiers are pursuing the group who fled towards Virunga National park in the DRC, police added.
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“So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital”, the BBC quoted national police spokesperson Fred Enaga as saying in a statement on Saturday.
A dormitory at the school was burnt and a food store was looted during Friday night’s attack, he added.
The attack on the school, located less than 2 km from Uganda’s border with the DRC, is the first in many years.
ADF rebels have been operating from inside the DRC for the past two decades.
