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Newshour: 17/06/2023 12:06 GMT: Uganda school attack: Pupils among 40 killed by militants

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17/06/2023 12:06 GMT

17/06/2023 12:06 GMT: Uganda school attack: Pupils among 40 killed by militants

BBC World Service - Newshour, Uganda school attack: Pupils among 40 killed by militants

A group with links to the Islamic State group have been blamed for the attack attack.

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A rebel group has attacked a school in western Uganda, killing at least forty people - most of them pupils. Dozens more have been abducted.  Police say the attack was carried out by the ADF which is based in neighbouring Congo.

Also in the programme: We hear from the fishermen in North Africa offered fortunes for their boats; and Russia's only solo woman cosmonaut gets an award from the Kremlin, 60 years after going into space. 

(Photo: A boy is comforted on Saturday at the scene of an attack at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Uganda. Credit: AFP)

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