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Man sentenced to death for murder of toddlers at Ugandan nursery

May 01, 2026

Kampala [Uganda], May 1: A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Uganda's capital, Kampala, earlier this month.
On April 2, Christopher Okello Onyum, 38, entered the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program and fatally stabbed the infants, all aged between one and two years old.
While capital punishment has not been abolished in Uganda, it is rarely carried out, with the last recorded case taking place in 2005.
Onyum, who holds both Ugandan and US citizenship, has 14 days to appeal against the sentence.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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