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Four children stabbed to death at kindergarten in Uganda: police

Published: 02 Apr 2026 - 03:37 pm | Last Updated: 02 Apr 2026 - 03:37 pm
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AFP

Kampala: Four children were stabbed to death on Thursday at a kindergarten in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said, with local media reporting the victims were aged between two and three.

"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," said police spokeswoman Racheal Kawaala.

Kawaala said the suspect was arrested but the motive "behind the killings is still under investigation".