At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

Ugandan police said at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border

Ugandan police said at least 25 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border.

A government official said others were also abducted.

In a statement on Saturday, police authorities said that the Allied Democratic Forces carried out the attack late Friday night on a school in the border town of Mpondwe.

Lhubiriha Secondary School, which is privately owned, is located in the Ugandan district of Kasese, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Congo border.

“A dormitory was burnt and a food store looted. So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital,” the statement said, adding that eight others were in critical condition.

It was not immediately clear if all of the victims were students.

The statement said Ugandan troops tracked the attackers “into Congo’s Virunga National Park.”