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Islamist Militants Slaughter Dozens of Students in Ugandan School Attack

  • At least 37 students were killed in an attack on a boarding school in western Uganda by extremists with ties to ISIS.
  • The militants also burned school buildings, looted supplies, and kidnapped several students.
  • The attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist group that has been fighting the Ugandan government for decades.
  • In response, Uganda's president has vowed to destroy the group responsible and has deployed additional troops to the area.
  • The international community has widely condemned the attack, one of the deadliest terrorist incidents in Uganda's history.
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