Kampala, June 17: According to police statements released on Saturday, an assault on a school in Uganda that was situated close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people, the majority of whom were kids, and left eight others in serious condition. According to reports from the BBC, the assault took place at around 11.30 p.m. on Friday night at the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe. During the incident, a dormitory was set on fire and a grocery store was robbed.
According to a statement released by the police, the assault was carried out by a Ugandan rebel organisation called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is a branch of the Islamic State in Central Africa.
After the incident, the group approached Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to police spokesman Fred Enang. He stated that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and the police are presently conducting a search operation for the group.
The army has also sent in its aircraft to assist in the tracking of the insurgent outfit.
According to Enang, several of the dead have been moved to the Bwera Hospital, which is also treating others who were severely wounded in the attack.
“We do offer our deepest condolences to the families of those who have been killed, and we offer our prayers and thoughts to those who have been wounded,” he added, emphasising that additional information would be made available in due time. “We do offer our prayers and thoughts to those who have been wounded.”
According to reports from the BBC, Major General Dick Olum of the Ugandan army told the media that some of the male students had either been burned to death or hacked to death.
He further said that the gang had kidnapped other students from the school, most of whom were female.
DNA testing will be required in order to determine the identities of some of the dead, since some of them are alleged to have suffered severe burns.
The most recent occurrence occurred around one week after an assault on a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that was located close to the border with Uganda.
