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Uganda Sentences Toddler Stabber to Death, Parents Attempt Lynching

5/1/2026

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Ugandan court sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for stabbing four toddlers at a Kampala nursery school on April 2.
The judge cited the defendant’s online searches for “ISIS beheading” as evidence of premeditation.
Angry parents attempted to lynch the suspect before police took him into custody.
Uganda retains the death penalty for murder, though it has not carried out an execution in roughly twenty years.

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Story summary

Ugandan court sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for stabbing four toddlers at a Kampala nursery school on April 2.
The judge cited the defendant’s online searches for “ISIS beheading” as evidence of premeditation.
Angry parents attempted to lynch the suspect before police took him into custody.
Uganda retains the death penalty for murder, though it has not carried out an execution in roughly twenty years.