The Ugandan military reported on Saturday that about 40 people were killed and six others were kidnapped by militants affiliated with Islamic State during an attack on a school in western Uganda close to the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was also reported that a further eight people remain in critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe. The attack happened at around 23:30 local time (20:30 GMT) on Friday at the school in the Kasese district in western Uganda. The violent incident comes after last week’s purported ADF fighter raid in a community in the DRC close to the Ugandan border. This attack on the school, which is less than two kilometres (1.25 miles) from the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the first one on a Ugandan school in twenty-five years.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 17, 2023 14:22 UTC