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Uganda Police Say Suspect Kills 4 Children at Kampala Nursery School
Police say the suspect posed as a parent, entered the classroom and stabbed the children, while investigators examine possible premeditation.
- On Thursday, a man disguised as a parent killed four children at the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala, Uganda, police said. The suspect attacked the juveniles after briefly engaging the administrator.
- According to the Daily Monitor, the attacker used a sharp object to commit the assault after locking the school gate, before a security guard from a nearby church intervened. The area is described as an upmarket suburb.
- The Uganda Police Force stated on X that the motive behind the killings remains under investigation. The victims were between ages two and three, the Daily Monitor reported.
- To prevent the suspect from being lynched, police fired into the air to disperse an angry crowd gathered near the school; police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke confirmed the suspect was taken into custody. Local broadcaster NTV aired footage showing weeping parents.
- Such violence is rare in Kampala, a city of roughly 3 million people, where journalist Erich Mboowa reported the quick apprehension of the suspect prevented mob action. The community continues to process the tragedy at the Gaba school.
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Uganda: Tayebwa Condemns Ggaba Daycare Deadly Attack
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has strongly condemned the fatal stabbing of four children at Ggaba Early Childhood Day Care Centre in Makindye Division, Kampala, describing the attack as deeply disturbing and calling for heightened vigilance in schools across the country.
4 children killed in stabbing attack at day care center in Uganda
Four children were killed after a man armed with knives attacked a day care center in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, according to police. The suspect was arrested at the scene. The attack happened at about 11 a.m. Thursday at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program in Ggaba, a neighborhood in the southern part of Kampala, when police responded to a distress call about a person attacking children at the facility, according to the Uganda Police…
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