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Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, promised on Sunday to take out the terrorists who massacred at least 41 people in a “cowardly, terrorist” attack on a school in the west of the nation.
In a statement sent by his press office in Kampala, Museveni made his first comments following the attack late Friday by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State group. “Their action — the desperate, cowardly, terrorist action — will not save them,” Museveni added.
Less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo border, in the late-night raid on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, victims were cut, shot, and set on fire.
On Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for “the young student victims of the brutal attack” that shocked Uganda and drew criticism from all around the world.
The attackers who escaped back towards the border with six abducted people are being sought after by Ugandan police, who have placed the responsibility on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group with a base in the DR Congo.
According to Eriphaz Muhindi, chairman of the Kasese district, which shares a long and forested border with the DR Congo, fifteen more members of the community, including five girls, were still missing.
The government announced on Sunday that it will support the injured and help with burial arrangements.
Attacks in Uganda are uncommon, however in June 1998, an ADF raid on Kichwamba Technical Institute near the DR Congo border resulted in the deaths of 80 students who were burned to death in their dormitories. Over 100 pupils were kidnapped.
