Uganda says 20 'collaborators' arrested over school attack
AFP
20 Jun 2023 10:22 AM । Update: 20 Jun 2023 10:26 AM
Residents are seen at the premises of an attack at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Uganda on June 17, 2023. AFP Photo
"Twenty arrests have been made of suspected
collaborators, suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) collaborators,"
police spokesman Fred Enanga said.
Ugandan police said Monday that 20 people had been arrested
for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last
week's attack on a school near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Twenty arrests have been made of suspected
collaborators, suspected ADF collaborators," police spokesman Fred Enanga
told a press conference, referring to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) based
in the DRC.
"We also have the head teacher and the director of
school as part of our inquiries. They need to give us answers to certain
questions," he added, without making clear if they had been arrested.
Enanga said the death count from the grisly raid on the
Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe in a remote area of western Uganda late
on Friday was 42, including 37 students.
Another six people were injured and remain in hospital, he
added.
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