Nearly 40 pupils were reported killed over the weekend at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group (IS).
Twenty of them were attacked with machetes and 17 of them burned to death, Chris Baryomunsi told the BBC.
Six students were also abducted to carry food that the rebels stole from the school’s stores, he added. The militants then returned across the border into the DRC.Some of the bodies are said to have been badly burnt and DNA tests will need to be carried out to identify them. The Ugandan army has also deployed helicopters to help track the rebel group over mountainous terrain.
Security forces had intelligence that rebels were in the border area on the DRC side for at least two days before Friday night’s attack, Maj Gen Olum said.“If they are telling us the borders are secure and security is tight, I want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people,” one resident told reporters.
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