Suspected cult members attacked a village in Uganda, killing at least eight people, including a child as young as three and members of the assailants’ families, authorities said on Wednesday.

The assault occurred on Tuesday night about 250 km (150 miles)from the capital Kampala. Eight others were injured, police said.

Security forces including from the military and police were on the ground “hunting for the culprits as investigations are ongoing to establish more details about the cult”, it said.

Four of those killed were aged under 13, including a three-year-old child, police said.

Police said two of the suspected attackers had been killed by security forces as they responded to the assault.