40 people, mostly students killed in Uganda attack.

40 people, mostly students killed in Uganda attack.

Police in Uganda say at least 40 people mostly students have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a government official saying people were also feared abducted.

Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan group based in eastern DRC that has pledged allegiance to the ISIL (ISIS) group, attacked Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, burning a dormitory and looting food late on Friday, police said on Saturday.