hello, i m samantha simmonds. the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 students have been killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. pupils were attacked with machetes and set alight. as well as the dead, six students were abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. this local resident expressed her anger as she questioned the ugandan authorities ability to protect their people. if they are telling us the borders are secured, security is tight, i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. they are rebels
the ugandan government has told the bbc that 37 pupils were killed in an attack on a school in the west of the country. security forces are hunting rebels from the allied democratic forces or adf which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. the pupils were attacked with machetes and killed inside school buildings that were set alight. eight people were injured and six students were abducted. it happened at a secondary school in mpondwe. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. will ross, the africa editor for bbc world service radio, told me more about what happened. the survivors are speaking about exactly what happened. apparently, there was a power cut in the area. so this all happened in complete darkness. the rebels from the adf attacked the school, firstly going into a room and killing the students using machetes
hello, i m samantha simmonds. 41 people, mostly students, have been killed in one of the deadilest attacks in uganda. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. survivors say the teenage students were killed with machetes before a bomb was thrown into a dormitory. as well as the dead, six students were also abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. the mayor of mpondwe provided an update on the death toll of the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf. i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that also
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