Terrorist Attack in Uganda

On the night of Friday, June 16, twenty terrorists from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an organization connected to ISIS, entered a school in Uganda and murdered more than forty-one people, kidnapping six more.

Sixty-two people were at the school at the time of the killings, according to military spokesman Felix Kulayigye. Most of the victims were students, whose ages range from thirteen to eighteen.

Nations said in a statement. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded that the ADF release the kidnapped victims, adding that the “collective efforts to tackle cross border insecurity between Congo and Uganda and restore durable peace in the area” is of utmost importance and is necessary in order to prevent this sort of situation from happening again.

The group of twenty terrorists killed thirty-nine students and two others, slaughtering many with machetes and lighting areas on fire. The morning after the attack, the fire was still raging, and officials said that all survivors were rescued from the building, but there could still be dead people that have yet to be discovered.

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The Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School is located at the border that Uganda shares with Congo, the country where these terrorists are based.

“Those responsible for this appalling act must be brought to justice,” the United

“We’re commiserating with the families, and the leadership of the UPDF (Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces) are on the ground and have been deployed to protect the place,” Kulayigye said. A spokesperson for UPDF in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Major Bilal Katamba, said that the attackers are being chased down by the Ugandan military.

The commander of the UPDF in eastern DRC, Major Dick Olum, said that prior to the attack, locals guided members of the ADF around, giving them a tour of the town where the killings were about to take place.

“Everybody should be on the lookout,” Olum told citizens. “If you see someone you don’t recognize, have him arrested. Please identify the youth that led the ADF here.”