Overview
- The Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala, which was attacked Thursday, reported four toddlers dead and a suspect detained at the scene.
- Police identified the suspect as Okello Christopher Onyum and said he is under interrogation as detectives seek to establish why he carried out the killings.
- Preliminary findings say the man visited on earlier days posing as a parent, paid an admission fee, then entered a classroom and stabbed children with a sharp object.
- Authorities said about 14 children were present, the four victims died instantly, and the remaining ten were reunited with their parents.
- Officers fired warning shots to stop a crowd that tried to attack the suspect, and the victims’ bodies were taken to Mulago City Mortuary for post-mortem as police appealed for information and noted such attacks are rare in Kampala.