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“We are now sending more troops into the area south of Rwenzori Mountain,” he said in a statement.
On Saturday, privately owned NTV Uganda television said the death toll stood at 41, while the state-run New Vision newspaper said it was 42. New Vision said 39 of the dead were students, and some were killed when the attackers set off a bomb as they fled. “Parents across the country, please do not panic, our children are safe, and they will remain safe. They are evil people and they are trying to harm our children, but they will not manage,” Janet Museveni, the First Lady and Education Minister, said late on Saturday.
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