NAIROBI, Kenya – Four minors were on Thursday, April 2, tragically killed in a stabbing attack at a nursery school in Kampala, Uganda police have confirmed.
According to authorities, the 34 year old male suspect who has since been arrested is said to have taken the lives of three boys and a girl with his motives still unknown.
“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.
Local publications said the suspect had gained access to the school pretending to be a parent before he unleashed his evil motives and attacked the minors according to Daily Monitor.
“Eyewitnesses say the suspect disguised himself as a parent and first entered the school offices, where he briefly engaged the administrator in charge,” Daily Monitor reported.
“He later stepped outside, locked the gate, and began attacking the children one after another.”
The alleged attacker was later stopped by a security guard from a neighbourhood church, the Daily Monitor reported, describing the area 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”.
Video footage aired by local broadcaster NTV showed some parents weeping. Police also fired into the air to disrupt the chaotic scenes and disperse an angry crowd that were baying for the suspect’s blood.
Notably, this kind of attack is a rare occurrence in Kampala, Uganda.
