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Uganda school attack survivor speaks of ordeal | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

“They kept shooting at the windows, then set fire to our dormitory while we were inside.” The Ugandan army is pursuing an ISIL-linked rebel group after a brutal attack on a school killed dozens of students. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Uganda school attack: Police blame armed group for killing 40 people

At least 40 people have been killed, in an attack on a school in western Uganda. It happened in Mpondweh. It’s a few kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. The police say a dormitory was set on fire by fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces. The army says it’s pursuing the attackers to rescue those abducted. The US says the armed group is a terrorist organisation. It began as an armed uprising in Uganda but has been based in eastern Congo since the late 1990s. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi is following developments from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. And Daniel Bwambale. He is a lawyer and expert on […]