Kampala, April 7, 2026 (AFP) - Ugandan kindergarten stabbings suspect charged with murder

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2026-04-07

A Ugandan man accused of fatally stabbing kindergarten children in the capital, Kampala, has been charged with quadruple murder, the state prosecutor said on Tuesday. Christopher Okello Onyum is suspected of having gained access to a daycare centre last week by posing as a parent, before attacking children aged around two and three with a knife, killing four of them. The attack sparked outrage in the African Great Lakes nation, with an angry crow......

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