Ugandan police say at the least 25 folks have been killed in a suspected insurgent assault on a faculty close to the Congo border
ByRODNEY MUHUMUZA Related Press
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police say at the least 25 folks have been killed in a suspected insurgent assault on a faculty close to the Congo border.
Police stated in a press release Saturday that the Allied Democratic Forces carried out the assault late Friday evening on a faculty within the border city of Mpondwe.
The secondary faculty is positioned about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Congo border.
“A dormitory was burnt and a meals retailer looted. Thus far 25 our bodies have been recovered from the college and transferred to Bwera Hospital,” the assertion stated, including that eight others are in vital situation.
The assertion stated Ugandan authorities troops tracked the attackers into Congolese territory.
It was not instantly clear if all the victims had been college students.
The native Day by day Monitor newspaper, citing unnamed safety sources, reported that the attackers “kidnapped a number of” others earlier than fleeing.
The Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, is accused of launching many assaults on civilians lately.
The ADF has lengthy opposed the rule of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a U.S. safety ally who has been in energy since 1986.
Established within the early Nineties in Uganda, the ADF later was pressured to flee into jap Congo, the place many insurgent teams are capable of function as a result of Congo’s central authorities has restricted management there.
The ADF has ties with the Islamic State group.
Ugandan authorities for years have vowed to seek out the ADF’s fighters at dwelling and overseas.
In 2021, Uganda deployed foot troopers inside Congolese territory, intensifying navy operations — backed by the Congolese military —in opposition to the ADF.