Death toll in a terror attack at Ugandan school rises to at least 42

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21 June 2023 | 10:40 CAT

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Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.

According to the Ugandan military, the rebels abducted at least six people who fled across the porous border into Congo after the grisly raid on Friday night.

The Head of News at Bbeg Television in Kampala, Uganda, Tyaba Abubakar, spoke to Radio Islam International. He said information gathered from sources reveals that the rebels abducted the students as a getaway strategy to flee with corn flour, beans and food that they looted from the school’s food stall. The students were used to carry the food for the rebels.

According to Abubakar, efforts to track and bring the abducted students home have not been fruitful.

“Three days down the road, no student has been rescued yet by the pursuing security agencies,” he says.

Meanwhile, speaking on the political front, Abubakar says the ADF has been active for almost 30 years.

The ADF has been accused of launching many attacks in recent years targeting civilians in remote parts of eastern Congo. It rarely claims responsibility for attacks.

The ADF has long opposed the rule of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a U.S. security ally who has held power in this East African country since 1986.

Listen to the full interview on Your World Today with Mufti Yusuf Moosagie.

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