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☆ Ugandan students' parents submit DNA samples to ID massacre victims
  + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
KAMPALA, June 20 (Reuters) - Parents of students missing after an attack on a school in western Uganda are flocking to the local police station to submit DNA samples that could identify their children among the 42 bodies that have been recovered. Assailants set a dormitory full of boys alight, then attacked a dormitory full of girls, hacking victims to death with machetes and knives. Regional police commander Tai Ramadhan said many of the dead bodies were charred beyond recognition, forcing investigators to use DNA samples from relatives to try to identify them. Simon Kule, who had come to Bwera Police Station to give a DNA sample, was still looking for his son, Philmon Mumbere. Authorities said on Monday that 20 suspected "collaborators" of the attackers, including the school's head teacher, had been detained for questioning.
Persons: Tai Ramadhan, Simon Kule, Philmon, Solomon Mulekya, Trephine, Elias Biryabarema, Aaron Ross, Peter Graff Organizations: Lhubirira Secondary, Islamic, Regional, Bwera Police, Authorities, Thomson Locations: KAMPALA, Uganda, Islamic State, Democratic Republic of Congo
☆ Militants linked to Islamic State kill 25 in attack on Ugandan school - police
  + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
June 17 (Reuters) - Militants linked to Islamic State killed 25 people in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan police said on Saturday. "So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital. Also recovered are eight victims, who remain in critical condition at Bwera Hospital," Ugandan police said on Twitter. Soldiers were pursuing the attackers who fled towards Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police added. In April, the ADF attacked a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 20 people.
Persons: Jose Joseph, George Obulutsa, William Mallard Organizations: Islamic State, Democratic, Allied Democratic Forces, Islamic, Bwera Hospital, Bwera, Twitter, Police, ADF, Thomson Locations: Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ugandan, Congo, Islamic State, Mpondwe, Bengaluru, Nairobi
☆ 26 students killed, 6 abducted in attack on Ugandan school
  + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Bethlehem Feleke Isaac Yee Chris Lau | Bethlehem Feleke | Isaac Yee | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
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 Organizations: Uganda CNN, Allied Democratic Force, CNN, Democratic, Authorities, ADF, ISIS, Uganda Police Force, Twitter, Bwera Hospital, Ugandan Police, Uganda People’s Defense Force Locations: Kampala, Uganda, Ugandan, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Mpondwe, Congo
☆ Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/2] A woman and her child arrive for ebola related investigation at the health facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. Fifteen of the confirmed cases were among health workers, of whom six had died, she told a news conference. The virus circulating in Uganda is the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is no proven vaccine, unlike the more common Zaire strain seen during recent outbreaks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. "The main objective is to evaluate their efficacy to protect primary contacts of Ebola patients within 29 days of contact," Aceng said. Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Estelle ShirbonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala, urges vigilance
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/James Akena/File PhotoOct 24 (Reuters) - Uganda has reported nine more Ebola cases in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days, the health minister said on Monday. The outbreak began in September in a rural part of central Uganda. Report yourself if you have had contact or know of a person who has had contact," Aceng said in her tweet. Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. There have been more than 90 confirmed and probable cases in Uganda since the start of the outbreak, including at least 44 deaths, according to statements by the health ministry and the World Health Organization.
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