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According to Reuters, on June 17th, the Ugandan military said that armed militants associated with the extremist organization ISIS attacked a school in the western region of the country, killing 37 people and kidnapping 6 others.
According to reports, the spokesperson of the Ugandan Ministry of Defense, Felix Kuraij, stated in a statement that the military found the bodies of the victims when they arrived at the attacked school.
"Our troops are pursuing the enemy to rescue the kidnapped and destroy this gang," Kulaijie tweeted earlier
The Ugandan police claimed that the attackers were armed members of the rebel group "Democratic Alliance Army" who fled towards the Virunga National Park in neighboring Congo.
The police stated that 8 people were seriously injured and are currently receiving medical treatment in the hospital.
According to reports, NTV Uganda Television reported that 41 people were killed, while the country's New Horizon newspaper reported that 42 people were killed. New Horizon News reported that 39 of the deceased were students, and the attackers detonated a bomb while fleeing, resulting in some deaths.
The Ugandan police and military stated that there were five attackers who burned down a dormitory and stole food.
According to Agence France Presse, this is the most serious attack in Uganda in recent years.
The school that was attacked was less than 2 kilometers away from the border between Uganda and Congo, according to the report. The Democratic Alliance Army is very rampant in this area, and the organization is said to have killed thousands of civilians since the 1990s.
In March 2021, the US government listed the Democratic Alliance Army of Uganda as a terrorist organization, referring to it as a branch of the Islamic State organization.