The UPDF has released details about a deadly attack on a secondary school in the border district of Kasese that left 37 students dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement released by the army spokesman , Brig. Gen Flex M. Kulayigye, the ADF bandits attacked Mpondwe\/Lubiriha Secondary School at 11.30 pm last night and killed 37 students whose bodies have since been taken to Bwera government hospital mortuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ADF terrorists also abducted six students at the privately owned school which is located in Nyabuganda Parish ,Karambi Sub county Kasese district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the UPDF, eight survivors of the attack are admitted at \u00a0Bwera government hospital where they are being treated of their injuries . The army has also rescued three students while another six students are still missing and are feared to have been abducted by the fleeing rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UPDF says that about five ADF rebels are believed to have carried out the attack- deadliest since the Kichwamba massacre in Kabarole district in 1998 where the same ADF rebels killed over 80 students .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources in Kasese told ugandaupdatenews.com<\/em><\/strong> that following the attack, DPC Bwera got in touch with the UPDF Mountain battalion commander who deployed forces to pursue the terrorists . <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn arrival the school was found burning with dead bodies of students lying in the compound and the schools food store broken into and food to wit posho and beans taken. Fire truck from the region has been called to put off the fire,\u201d a source explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attackers moved on foot with some abducted students – whom they used to carry the looted food towards Virunga national park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UPDF has released details about a deadly attack on a secondary school in the border district of Kasese that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/c04c7925-8b04-4a02-b49f-26a892acad5f_d301cb57.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9255,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kasese-adf-terror-attack-20-suspects-arrested-govt-hands-over-23-bodies-of-killed-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":9231,"position":0},"title":"KASESE ADF TERROR ATTACK : 20 SUSPECTS ARRESTED, GOVT HANDS OVER 23 BODIES OF KILLED STUDENTS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Police has revealed that 20 suspects have been arrested in connection to the terror attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels at Mpondwe Lhubiriha senior secondary school in the border district of Kasese.\u00a0Police spokesman Fred Enanga told a media briefing that among those arrested include the school director and headteacher\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Security"","block_context":{"text":"Security","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/security\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10380,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/updf-special-forces-strike-adf-terrorists-who-killed-tourists-in-kasese\/","url_meta":{"origin":9231,"position":1},"title":"UPDF ,Special Forces STRIKE ADF Terrorists Who Killed Tourists In Kasese","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"11 ADF terrorists killed, One captured with injuries in the Night targeted -intelligence led operation A combined force of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) special forces that included SFC and Marine forces have carried out a targeted night operation and killed 11 ADF rebels that attacked tourists in Kasese district\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/adf.jpeg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10245,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/updf-bombs-adf-camp-near-ntororo-the-terrorists-who-killed-tourists-in-kasese-still-on-the-run-president-museveni\/","url_meta":{"origin":9231,"position":2},"title":"UPDF Bombs ADF Camp Near Ntoroko , The Terrorists Who Killed Tourists in Kasese Still On The Run – President Museveni","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"President Museveni has issued another statement in which he says the UPDF has today , bombed the ADF terrorists' camp in DR Congo 60 Kilomters from Uganda's border in Ntoroko Bundibugyo district . 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