UN condemns school attack in Uganda
UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned an assault on a secondary college in western Uganda reportedly perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) community, said his deputy spokesman.
Ugandan authorities said ADF rebels attacked the Lhubirira secondary college in Mpondwe on the border with the DRC on Friday evening, killing no longer decrease than 37 students. Now now not decrease than eight students remained in excessive situation. Six students had been in the hands of the rebels.
Those to blame for this appalling assault needs to be delivered to justice, said Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson, in a commentary.
The secretary-overall prolonged his heartfelt condolences to the households of the victims and the authorities and folks of Uganda, and known as for the quick commence of those abducted, said the commentary.
Guterres reiterated the significance of collective efforts, including thru enhanced regional partnerships, to kind out harmful-border insecurity between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda and restore durable peace in the convey, it said.
The ADF is a Ugandan rebellion community that is holed up in the jungles of eastern DRC. It is some distance a division of the Islamic Utter in Central Africa.
The rebellion community is blamed for inflicting havoc in villages in eastern DRC. The Ugandan defense power and their Congolese counterparts launched joint operations in opposition to the rebellion community in November 2021.
(Xinhua/NAN)
