Oman’s Foreign Ministry has sent the Sultanate’s sincere condolences and sympathy to the Ugandan Government over the attack that targeted a secondary school in Mpondwe district, western Uganda.

The attack resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people – most of them students at the Lhubiriha secondary school.

In a statement the Ministry said the Sultanate condemned violence and terrorism in all its forms.

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