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For the victims. the rebels responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. 0ur correspondent dorcas wangira in nairobi and following developments. there has been very little information trickling from the army, however from the last update from an official, that was the major general dick 0lum, who is the major general in charge of the mountain d...

Continuing its hunt for the militants who attacked a school on friday night, killing at least forty people, many of them children. the pope, has today condemned the attack, describing it as brutal, and saying that he was praying for the victims. the rebels responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. the prince of wales says he wants to wants t...

Describing it as brutal and saying he was praying for the victims. those responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. 0ur correspondent dorcas wangira in nairobi has been following the developments. there has been very little information trickling from the army, however from the last update from an official, that was major general dick 0lum, wh...

He was praying for the victims. those responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. now we return to that extraordinary story out of colombia, when four children were found in the jungle 40 days after their plane crashed may. the bbc�*s visualjournalism team has been mapping the massive search effort that found them. to talk us through it, her...

Rest of World News: KAMPALA: At least 41 people, including 38 students, have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school near the Congo border.

The victims included the students, one guard and two members of the local community who were killed outside the school.

We, the residents of this area, are very scared. >> reporter: the allied democratic forces, or adf, that the government is blaming for this attack, began here in uganda in the 90s, opposing the rule of the president and crossed over into the drc and it is a ma lev lent force and theyre trying to stamp it out and we are trying to get rid of them. this is a strong statement from this group, that they will continue to pose a serious threat to this country and the drc, and the head of the military h...

Isabel rosales in perryton texas, thank you very much. we have a horrific story out of western uganda to bring you, where officials say that rebel extremists armed with machetes attacked a secondary school on friday night. then they set it on fire. killing 41 people. most of whom were students. six others were also abducted. authorities say that the attackers are part of a group that is linked to isis. cnn has more from ugandas capital, what you are learning, larry? >> reporter: alex, were try...

Uganda, and it is really very reminiscent of some of the attacks that happened way back in the 1990s, committed by the adf in that area, largely on schools, possibly because that creates large waves of publicity, but also it is possible that they may have been trying to recruit, as well, and sees people. we are yet to hear whether the ugandan military has had any success as it tries to pursue the rebels across the border and rescue those people who have been abducted. d0 across the border and re...

The adf is an islamist group formed in uganda, they waged war against the government in the 1990s. they were based in that same region in the mountains and were pushed in the 19905 into the drc. but even then, their methods of operation were very similar to what happened friday night. they attacked trucks and buses, and a 1998, they attacked a technical school and killed about 80 students there, they burned their dormitories down as well. but in the last couple decades, theyve only been based in...