Uganda: 25 people killed in a militant attack

By Peter Ochieng

Uganda is in mourning.

At least 25 people died at a school in the Western part of the East Africa nation, after a terrorist attack on a school by rebels linked to the Islamic group, on Friday night.

Police in Uganda say eight more people are in a critical condition, after the attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School.

Authorities maintain that the attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), believed to be a Ugandan group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

"So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school," Uganda national police spokesperson Fred Enanga said in a statement on Saturday.

The attack was characterised by burning of a dormitory at the school, and looting of a food store.

Reports indicate that a number of students remain unaccounted for, with as fears mount over possible abduction.

ADF group was formed in the 1990's.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni had not issued a statement on the attack, at the time of going to press.