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| Uganda: 25 killed by militants in school attack | Uganda: 25 killed by militants in school attack |
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| At least 25 people have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group. | At least 25 people have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group. |
| A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe. | A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe. |
| Police say the attack on Friday was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - a Ugandan group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | Police say the attack on Friday 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. | Soldiers are pursuing the group who fled towards Virunga National park in the DRC, police added. |
| "So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital", national police spokesperson Fred Enanga said 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. | A dormitory at the school was burnt and a food store was looted during Friday night's attack, he added. |
| A number of students were still unaccounted for, AFP news agency is reporting, with dozens feared to have been abducted. | |
| The attackers have fled towards Virunga National park - Africa's oldest and largest national park home to rare species, including mountain gorillas. | |
| Militias including the ADF also use the vast expanse, which borders Uganda and Rwanda, as a hideout. | |
| The attack on the school, located less than two kilometres (1.25 miles) from Uganda's border with the DRC, is the first such attack on a Ugandan school for many years. | The attack on the school, located less than two kilometres (1.25 miles) from Uganda's border with the DRC, is the first such attack on a Ugandan school for many years. |
| In June 1998, 80 students were burnt to death in their dormitories in an ADF attack on Kichwamba Technical Institute near the border of DRC. More than 100 students were abducted. | In June 1998, 80 students were burnt to death in their dormitories in an ADF attack on Kichwamba Technical Institute near the border of DRC. More than 100 students were abducted. |
| The ADF was created in eastern Uganda in the 1990s and took up arms against long-serving President, Yoweri Museveni, alleging government persecution of Muslims. | The ADF was created in eastern Uganda in the 1990s and took up arms against long-serving President, Yoweri Museveni, alleging government persecution of Muslims. |
| After its defeat by the Ugandan army in 2001, it relocated to North Kivu province in the DRC. | After its defeat by the Ugandan army in 2001, it relocated to North Kivu province in the DRC. |
| ADF rebels have been operating from inside the DRC for the past two decades. | ADF rebels have been operating from inside the DRC for the past two decades. |
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| Uganda | Uganda |