At least 40 killed - including students - in Uganda school attack
Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces , who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, carried out the raid on Lhubiriha Secondary School in the border town of Mpondwe, late on Friday.
Mr Mapoze said that while some of the pupils suffered fatal burns when the rebels set fire to a dormitory, others were shot or hacked with machetes. The military confirmed in a statement that Ugandan troops inside Congo "are pursuing the enemy to rescue those abducted". The ADF has long opposed the rule of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a US security ally who has been in power since 1986.
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