After a massacre by suspected Islamists that left 42 people dead at a school in Uganda, police arrested 20 suspects. Among them was the head of the school that was attacked, police said on Tuesday.
Those arrested are suspected of collaborating with extremists. The police blame rebels of the Congolese militia ADF, which is said to have links with the Central African branch of the Islamist terrorist militia IS (Islamic State), for the bloody act.
Several rebel groups on the way
On Friday, suspected Islamists attacked and set fire to a school and its dormitories in the town of Mpdonwe, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly all of the fatalities were children. According to Ugandan authorities, eight other students suffered severe burns and gunshot wounds. Some were killed with machetes, the army said. The attackers also kidnapped 15 girls and boys. Their fate is still unclear.
The army had chased the attackers across the Congo border, the armed forces said. There the fighters fled to the Virunga National Park. Various rebel groups have been active in Africa’s oldest national park for years. Although brutal acts of violence occur again and again in the region, the horror of the massacre was also great abroad. UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attack and called for the immediate release of the abducted children. (aeg/sda/dpa)
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