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Suspected cult members kill eight people in Ugandan village

Suspected cult members kill eight people in Ugandan village

Suspected cult members attacked a village in Uganda, killing at least eight people, including a three-year-old child and the attackers’ families, authorities said Wednesday.

The attack took place on Tuesday night in Mizizi A, a village in Kagadi district in western Uganda, about 250 kilometers from the capital Kampala. Police said eight people were also injured.

Uganda People’s Defense Forces said, “Initial information indicates that members of a new sect, whose name has not yet been determined, are attacking and cutting people, most of whom are family members.” he said.

It said security forces, including the army and police, were “pursuing the criminals as investigations continue to establish more details about the sect.”

Police said four of the dead, including a three-year-old child, were under the age of 13.

Police said two of the suspected attackers were killed by security forces while responding to the attack.

Kagadi is located near the Kingfisher oil field, one of Uganda’s two crude oil projects and operated by China’s CNOOC. There was no indication that the oil field was targeted or involved in any way.