Global InformationMpondwe school massacre information
| Mpondwe school massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | |
| Location | Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School, Mpondwe, Kasese District, Uganda |
| Coordinates | 00°01′41″N 29°44′09″E / 0.02806°N 29.73583°E |
| Date | 16 June 2023 23:30 (EAT: GMT+3) |
Attack type |
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| Weapons | Petrol bombs, machetes |
| Deaths | 42 |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrators | Allied Democratic Forces |
| Motive | Jihadism |
On 16 June 2023 rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a jihadist group speculatively linked by analysts to the Islamic State,[1] attacked a secondary school in Mpondwe, a town in western Uganda's Kasese District on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 42 people were killed, including 38 students; 8 were injured.[2][3]
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