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A man identified as Okello Christopher Onyu, has killed four children in a stabbing attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda, police have said.
“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,” the Ugandan police said in a post on X on Thursday.
According to police spokesperson Rachael Kawala, one girl and three boys were killed by the 34-year-old attacker.
Four Juveniles Killed, Suspect Arrested@KawalaRachael “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.
The suspect has been apprehended, and… pic.twitter.com/guG32gFfFW
— Uganda Police Force (@PoliceUg) April 2, 2026
Local Daily Monitor reports that the man gained entry into the school premises and attacked an “unspecified number of children with a sharp object”.
“Eyewitnesses say the suspect disguised himself as a parent and first entered the school offices, where he briefly engaged the administrator in charge,” the paper reported.
“He later stepped outside, locked the gate, and began attacking the children one after another.”
According to the Daily Monitor, the suspect was apprehended by a security guard from a nearby church, with the area described as an “upmarket suburb of Kampala”.
“The suspect has been apprehended,” the police post on X confirmed. But it added that “the motive behind the killings is still under investigation”.
. @igp_ug1 together with the Director of Operations, AIGP @Mwesigwa_Frank1, and other senior officers earlier visited the scene of crime in Ggaba, where Okello Christopher Onyu stabbed four juveniles at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program School. pic.twitter.com/dvXCjcrkkW
— Uganda Police Force (@PoliceUg) April 2, 2026
Footage aired by local broadcaster NTV showed distraught parents in tears. Police fired shots into the air to disperse an angry crowd gathered near the school, as some attempted to lynch the suspect.
Such attacks are rare in Kampala, a city of about three million people.
