{"id":1861984,"date":"2026-04-02T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1861984"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:02:49","slug":"uganda-four-children-stabbed-dead-at-kampala-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1861984","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Four children stabbed dead at Kampala kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ugandan police rushed to the scene of the stabbing: a children’s daycare centerImage: AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Four young children were stabbed to death at a daycare center in Uganda<\/a>‘s capital, Kampala, on Thursday, local police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

The toddlers, aged between two and three, were reportedly attacked by a male suspect who gained access to the kindergarten by posing as a parent.<\/p>\n

According to local media, angry residents of the upmarket Ggaba district attempted to lynch the suspected assailant as he tried to escape before a security guard from a nearby church apprehended him.<\/p>\n

When police and military personnel arrived on the scene, they fired warning shots into the air to disperse crowds before arresting the suspect.<\/p>\n

“We confirm a tragic incident at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, where a male suspect brutally stabbed and killed four juveniles,” a police spokeswoman said, adding that the children had “died on the spot.”<\/p>\n

Uganda school stabbing: what do we know?<\/h2>\n

According to preliminary police investigations, the man had visited the kindergarten on two previous days and had attempted to enroll his own child.<\/p>\n

He had reportedly been told to return on Thursday when he spoke to the daycare director and paid admission for his child before launching his stabbing spree.<\/p>\n

“The motive behind the killings is still under investigation,” said the police spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abas Byakagaba attended the scene and called for calm. “We call upon anyone with information about the suspect to [contact] police and aid in investigations,” he said.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media showed distressed parents outside the cordoned-off nursery, anxiously seeking news of their children and demanding their release.<\/p>\n

According to local media, 14 children were at the kindergarten at the time of the attack. Police said the bodies of the four victims had been taken to a mortuary and that the other ten children had been reunited with their parents.<\/p>\n

Edited by:\u00a0Saim Du\u0161an Inayatullah<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Four young children were stabbed to death at a daycare center in Uganda<\/a>‘s capital, Kampala, on Thursday, local police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

The toddlers, aged between two and three, were reportedly attacked by a male suspect who gained access to the kindergarten by posing as a parent.<\/p>\n

According to local media, angry residents of the upmarket Ggaba district attempted to lynch the suspected assailant as he tried to escape before a security guard from a nearby church apprehended him.<\/p>\n

When police and military personnel arrived on the scene, they fired warning shots into the air to disperse crowds before arresting the suspect.<\/p>\n

“We confirm a tragic incident at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, where a male suspect brutally stabbed and killed four juveniles,” a police spokeswoman said, adding that the children had “died on the spot.”<\/p>\n

Uganda school stabbing: what do we know?<\/h2>\n

According to preliminary police investigations, the man had visited the kindergarten on two previous days and had attempted to enroll his own child.<\/p>\n

He had reportedly been told to return on Thursday when he spoke to the daycare director and paid admission for his child before launching his stabbing spree.<\/p>\n

“The motive behind the killings is still under investigation,” said the police spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abas Byakagaba attended the scene and called for calm. “We call upon anyone with information about the suspect to [contact] police and aid in investigations,” he said.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media showed distressed parents outside the cordoned-off nursery, anxiously seeking news of their children and demanding their release.<\/p>\n

According to local media, 14 children were at the kindergarten at the time of the attack. Police said the bodies of the four victims had been taken to a mortuary and that the other ten children had been reunited with their parents.<\/p>\n

Edited by:\u00a0Saim Du\u0161an Inayatullah<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Four young children were stabbed to death at a daycare center in Uganda<\/a>‘s capital, Kampala, on Thursday, local police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

The toddlers, aged between two and three, were reportedly attacked by a male suspect who gained access to the kindergarten by posing as a parent.<\/p>\n

According to local media, angry residents of the upmarket Ggaba district attempted to lynch the suspected assailant as he tried to escape before a security guard from a nearby church apprehended him.<\/p>\n

When police and military personnel arrived on the scene, they fired warning shots into the air to disperse crowds before arresting the suspect.<\/p>\n

“We confirm a tragic incident at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, where a male suspect brutally stabbed and killed four juveniles,” a police spokeswoman said, adding that the children had “died on the spot.”<\/p>\n

According to preliminary police investigations, the man had visited the kindergarten on two previous days and had attempted to enroll his own child.<\/p>\n

He had reportedly been told to return on Thursday when he spoke to the daycare director and paid admission for his child before launching his stabbing spree.<\/p>\n

“The motive behind the killings is still under investigation,” said the police spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abas Byakagaba attended the scene and called for calm. “We call upon anyone with information about the suspect to [contact] police and aid in investigations,” he said.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media showed distressed parents outside the cordoned-off nursery, anxiously seeking news of their children and demanding their release.<\/p>\n

According to local media, 14 children were at the kindergarten at the time of the attack. Police said the bodies of the four victims had been taken to a mortuary and that the other ten children had been reunited with their parents.<\/p>\n

Edited by:\u00a0Saim Du\u0161an Inayatullah<\/em><\/p>\n

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