Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, in the country's deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday.
The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces , who also abducted six people during a raid on a school late Friday before fleeing back towards the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sylvester Mapozi, the town council mayor of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha where the attack occurred, said 39 students were killed at the school. Mumbere Edgar Dido, 16, said the attackers arrived at his dormitory carrying machetes and guns and opened fire from outside, sending everyone diving under their beds. "On arrival the school was found burning and the dead bodies of students were found lying in the compound and the school's food store broken into" with items missing, the report stated.
"This is why the rebels locked the boys' dormitory and set it on fire. The rebels did not lock girls' section and the girls managed to get out, but they were cut with machetes as they ran for safety, and others shot".
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