Kampala, Uganda CNN —At least 26 students have been killed and six abducted following an attack at a western Uganda school by armed rebels from the Allied Democratic Force, a Ugandan major told CNN on Saturday.
The military suspects more dead bodies may be found, but said there was no one still alive trapped in the school.
Armed rebels of the ADF, which has ties to ISIS, attacked the school in Mpondwe on Friday night, police have said.
“A dormitory was burnt and a food store looted,” Uganda Police Force Spokesperson Fred Enanga said on Twitter, adding that the bodies had been transferred to Bwera Hospital.
The spokesperson said that Ugandan Police and the Uganda People’s Defense Force were in “hot pursuit” of the suspects.
Persons:
Major Bilal Katamba, Fred Enanga
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Kampala, Uganda, Ugandan, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Mpondwe, Congo