- A militant group linked to Islamic State attacked a private secondary school in Mpondwe town, Uganda, resulting in the deaths of at least 37 students, a guard, and two members of the local community.
- The attackers set fire to a dormitory, causing fatal burns, while others were shot or killed with machetes.
- The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Ugandan group aligned with ISIS, was initially blamed for the attack, and the Ugandan security forces were in pursuit of the attackers who fled towards the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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In a tragic incident, militants associated with Islamic State carried out an attack on a private secondary school in Mpondwe town, Uganda, resulting in the loss of at least 37 students' lives.
Reports indicate that the terrorists also abducted six individuals.
The victims included students, a guard, and two members of the local community, who were fatally attacked outside the school. The assailants employed various means, such as setting fire to a dormitory and resorting to gunfire and machete violence, causing the students' untimely deaths.
The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, along with the police, initiated a pursuit of the attackers who fled towards Virunga National Park, situated across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
