In Uganda, an attack on a school killed 40 children. On Friday night, shooters attacked a secondary school in Kasese, which is in western Ug...
In Uganda, an attack on a school killed 40 children.
On Friday night, shooters attacked a secondary school in Kasese, which is in western Uganda. At least 40 students were killed.
The army said they are still looking for the attackers so they can save the kids who they think were taken by the militants.
It is thought that the terrorists came into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is close by.
There were reports that the attackers set fire to the beds of the students.
Photos posted on social media sites showed that the school buildings had been burned down.
Major General Dick Olum, the head of the Ugandan military in the area, said that some of the male students were burned and that many of the female students were taken during the attack.
This is the first time in a long time that a school has been attacked in the country.
The secondary school is close to the border with DR Congo. It is near the military and police camps.
The attack is thought to have been done by the DR Congo rebel group (ADF).
In the 1990s, the ADF was a rebel group in Uganda that fought against the government.
In 1998, rebels attacked the Kichwamba Technical School in Uganda. They burned 30 students alive and took many others away.
Later, the rebels were kicked out of Uganda. They then went back to DR Congo, where they continued their work from more than 20 years ago.
