Islamic State-affiliated rebels have killed at least 25 people at a school in western Uganda.
After the attack on the secondary school in Mpondwe, Lhubiriha, eight more people are still in critical condition.
According to police, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan organization with a base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were responsible for the attack on Friday.
Soldiers are pursuing the group that escaped in the direction of the DRC's Virunga National Park, according to police.
National police spokesperson Fred Enaga said in a statement on Saturday that "25 bodies have so far been recovered from the school and transported to Bwera Hospital.".
He added that the attack on Friday night resulted in the burning of a dorm at the school and the looting of a grocery store.
The attack on the school, which is less than two kilometers (1.25 miles) from Uganda's border with the DRC, is the first of its kind to target a Ugandan school in a significant amount of time.
For the past 20 years, ADF rebels have been conducting operations from within the DRC.