Man stabs 4 children to death at Uganda kindergarten

Four children were stabbed to death on Thursday at a kindergarten in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, Police said.The male suspect, in his thirties, gained access by posing as a parent before attacking children aged around two and three with a knife, Police said.“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,” Police spokeswoman Racheal Kawala said.The suspect fatally stabbed three boys and a girl among 14 children present at the compound, Police said.He had visited the nursery last week to seek admission for a child, paid the fees and was told to return this week, Kawala said.A general view of the Police-cordoned Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school following an attack on children in Kampala on Thursday. Photo: AFPAngry residents attempted to lynch the man as he tried to escape before security forces intervened by firing tear gas to disperse the irate crowd and arresting him.