<span style="color: #252525;">Around 40 people, mostly students, were killed and eight others injured in an attack at a school in Uganda by rebels suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State group on Friday. <br />''<br />''The majority of the children killed at the Lhubiriha secondary school in Kasese area of western Uganda were in dormitories. Authorities said several others, mostly girls, have been abducted.<br />'' <br />''The attack has been blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<br />'' <br />''According to the Ugandan army, five suspected ADF rebels carried out the raid, torching the school buildings and robbing the food store.</span><br />''<b><span style="color: #252525;"> </span></b><br />''<span style="color: #252525;">The army said a number of kids are still missing, and the precise number of those killed remains unknown.<br />'' <br />''The Ugandan army has sent helicopters to assist in tracking the rebel group over mountainous terrain.</span><br />