At the least 41 killed in Islamic extremist assault on Ugandan secondary faculty, authorities say

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At the least 41 individuals had been killed by insurgent extremists in a brutal assault on a college in Uganda close to the border with Congo, officers mentioned.

The mayor of Mpondwe, Uganda, mentioned Saturday morning that authorities had recovered the our bodies of 41 individuals, together with 38 college students, who had been burned, shot or hacked to dying in an assault on Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty. The Ugandan navy mentioned no less than six different individuals had been kidnapped and believed to have been taken throughout the border into Congo, in keeping with the Related Press.

Authorities mentioned the perpetrators had been the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist extremist group with ties to ISIS, which has been launching terrorist assaults all through the area from bases within the unstable Congo.

The victims included the scholars, one guard and two members of the local people who had been killed outdoors the varsity, Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Mayor Selevest Mapoze instructed The Related Press.

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Uganda security forces drive past a crowd of people following school attack

Video footage exhibits Ugandan safety forces as they drive previous a crowd of individuals gathered outdoors the Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty following an assault on the varsity close to the border with Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ugandan authorities recovered the our bodies of no less than 41 individuals who had been killed within the assault by an Islamist extremist group.  (AP Picture)

Mapoze mentioned that among the college students suffered deadly burns when the rebels set hearth to a dormitory and others had been shot or hacked with machetes.

About 5 attackers carried out the raid, which occurred round 11:30 p.m. Friday night time, in keeping with the Ugandan navy. Troopers from a close-by brigade had been dispatched to the scene.

People make their way towards the Lhubiriha Secondary School following an attack on the school near the Congo border

On this picture created from video, individuals make their means in the direction of the Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty following an assault on the varsity close to the border with Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ugandan authorities recovered the our bodies of dozens of individuals together with college students who had been burned, shot or hacked to dying after suspected rebels attacked the varsity, the native mayor mentioned Saturday. (AP Picture) (AP Picture)

“On arrival, the varsity was discovered burning with useless our bodies of scholars mendacity within the compound with the varsity meals retailer damaged into, posho and beans taken,” navy spokesman Brig. Felix Kulayigye mentioned in an announcement. 

The assertion indicated 37 our bodies had been recovered and brought to an area mortuary, whereas eight survivors had been transported to a close-by hospital. Three individuals had been rescued alive and 6 had been kidnapped, the navy mentioned.

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A sign of the Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Uganda

This picture created from video exhibits the signal of the Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty following an assault on the varsity close to the border with Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ugandan authorities recovered the our bodies of dozens of individuals together with college students who had been burned, shot or hacked to dying after suspected rebels attacked the varsity, the native mayor mentioned Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Picture) (AP Picture)

“UPDF launched into pursuing the perpetrators to rescue the kidnapped college students whom they used to hold the looted meals in the direction of Virunga Nationwide Park,” Kulayigye mentioned.

Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty is a non-public, co-ed faculty situated within the Ugandan district of Kasese, about 1.2 miles from the Congo border.

Joe Walusimbi, an official representing Uganda’s president in Kasese, instructed the AP that among the victims “had been burnt past recognition.” 

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has been linked to a number of latest mass killings in Uganda and Congo. 

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Ugandan security forces are seen outside the gate of the Lhubiriha Secondary School

On this picture created from video, safety forces are seen outdoors the gate of the Lhubiriha Secondary Faculty following an assault on the varsity close to the border with Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ugandan authorities recovered the our bodies of dozens of individuals together with college students who had been burned, shot or hacked to dying after suspected rebels attacked the varsity, the native mayor mentioned Saturday. (AP Picture) (AP Picture)

ADF opposes the rule of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a U.S. ally who has maintained energy within the East African nation since 1986. 

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The Islamic group was blamed for slaughtering 19 individuals in Kirindera city, Carly Nzanzu in March, simply days after 36 individuals had been massacred in Mukondi village in North Kivu province, in keeping with Congo officers.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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