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June 20, 2023

37 Students Among Dead in Deadly Attack on School in Uganda
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In news from Uganda, around 42 people, including 37 students, were
killed on Friday in an attack on a school located near Uganda's border
with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The children and teens were
between the ages of 13 and 18. Ugandan authorities have blamed the
attack on the Allied Democratic Forces - a group with ties to the
Islamic State and based in the DRC. Six students are believed to have
been abducted.


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