At least 41, mostly students, killed in Uganda school attack

Attack took place at around 11.30 pm on Friday night at the Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe

Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.

At least six people were abducted by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after the raid on Friday night, according to the Ugandan military.

The victims included the students, one guard and two members of the local community who were killed outside the school, MpondweLhubiriha Mayor Selevest Mapoze told The Associated Press. Mapoze said that some of the students suffered fatal burns when the rebels set fire to a dormitory and others were shot or hacked with machetes.