Militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) jihadist group burned a grandmother and two children to death on Christmas Day in western Uganda, local officials said Tuesday.
The attack in a remote village of Kamwenge district comes a week after 10 people were killed in the same area by the ADF, a deadly militia affiliated to the Islamic State group.
Kamwenge resident district commissioner Isiah Byarugaba told AFP the attackers set a home ablaze with the victims inside.
“The ADF rebels killed three people, an old woman and her two grandchildren. They were burnt in their house last night,” he said.
The army and police were pursuing the attackers, he added.
“We are on the ground to assess the situation, and (are) mobilising the local community against such cowardly attacks by ADF terrorists against innocent civilians”.
On December 19, ADF rebels killed 10 people at a trading…
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