Uganda's military rescues three students abducted by Islamist fighters - army

FILE PHOTO: Locals gather at the cordoned scene outside the Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School, after militants linked to rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed and abducted multiple people, in Mpondwe, western Uganda, June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/FILE PHOTO

KAMPALA (Reuters) -The Ugandan military have rescued three of the six students who were kidnapped by Islamist fighters when they stormed a school in the west of the country last week and massacred 42 people, mostly young students, the army said on Wednesday.

"There were six students kidnapped and three have so far been rescued," said military spokesman Felix Kulayigye.