KAMPALA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Four children were killed on Thursday in a stabbing attack at an early childhood daycare center in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, police said.
Rachael Kawala, spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, said in a post on social media platform X that the attacker entered Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program School in Makindye Division and carried out the attack.
Kawala said the suspect has been arrested and the motive remains under investigation, adding that details would be provided in due course.
The Daily Monitor, a local newspaper, quoted eyewitnesses saying that the suspect, disguised as a parent, gained access to the school, spoke with the school administration, and then began attacking the children one after another.
Angry residents attempted to lynch the suspect, but police intervened and secured him in a waiting police truck. Security forces, including police and military personnel, were deployed to the scene to disperse the crowd. ■