Kampala, Uganda (AP) – Experts have recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students who died in a brutal attack on a relief school near the Uganda-Congo border. The attackers, believed to be Allied Equitable Forces (ADF) rebels, have committed horrific crimes including arson, shooting and hacking. The incident occurred in the border town of Mpondwe, sparking military intervention by Uganda and the attention of invaders to the porous Congolese border. The ADF, an activist group linked to the Islamic State, launched an attack from a long-contested stronghold in eastern Congo. Among the victims of the massacre were a security guard and two nearby parishioners, who were sadly killed outside the school grounds. Mpondowe Rubiriha leader Celebest Mapose said some sophomores suffered severe burns when rebels set fire to their lodgings, while others were shot or injured for fear of trial. said there is. communicate. The level of brutality and goofy viciousness towards innocent sophomores took the community by surprise.
The Ugandan military confirmed that about five attackers had attacked the school grounds. After the attack, warriors from an adjacent brigade set the school on fire and found the yard littered with the bodies of students. Military representative Brigadier General Felix Craig said a total of 47 bodies had been recovered and eight wounded were being treated at a local healing center.
The Ugandan military is relentlessly pursuing the attackers to protect detained students who are being forced to deliver looted food to Congo’s Biranga National Depot. Rubiriha Subsidiary School is a private school located in the Kasi region, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Congo border. Uganda’s presidential prosecutor in Cassis, Joe Walshanbe, revealed the tragic nature of the disaster, saying some of the victims were likely unidentified due to severe burns. The devastating attack was condemned by former MP and persuasive territorial politics pioneer Winnie Kaiser. Keiza expressed his anger on Twitter.
He called the attack “abhorrent” and stressed the importance of schools as safe havens for all students. Forces under the Affiliation Act (ADF) are notorious for attacking civilians in remote areas of eastern Congo. It is worth noting that this group rarely conducts attacks.
Their opposition to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, has long been the driving force behind the ADF’s work. Originally founded by marginalized Ugandan Muslims in the early 1990s, rebels ravaged the city and even attacked the capital, leading to the massacre of 80 students in 1998. After being attacked by Ugandan forces, the ADF relocated to eastern Congo, a stronghold of other insurgency, but began to function due to limited central government control. Over time, the ADF has expanded its ties with Islamic State, raising concerns about its brutal tendencies. In Wok, suspected ADF fighters killed at least 19 people in Congo. Ugandan experts continue to express their determination to follow ADF fighters and expand their operations across borders. In 2021, Uganda will launch a joint offensive and artillery strike into the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
