On 28 July 1950, a mass stabbing took place at the Mulago Government African Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

The attack took place in the early morning hours at the pediatric ward, where the perpetrator, 55-year-old Lazaro Obawara, was visiting his terminally ill son.Hospital Tragedy, The Crown Colonist Vol. 20; 1950.Visits Dying Child; Kills 10 in Hospital Ward, Chicago Daily Tribune (29 July 1950) For unknown reasons, Obwara, armed with a knife, ran down one side of the ward to stab other child patients, who were sleeping in their beds. Medical staff and visiting mothers evacuated most of the children during the attack. Eight children and one of the mothers died at the scene,Grieved father kills 10, The Argus (29 July 1950) while another child died of their injuries during the day. Two children were injured, dying a day after the attack.Two More Children Die After Attacks in Hospital, Chicago Daily Tribune (30 July 1950)

Obwara was arrested at the scene. On 29 July, before the deaths of the two injured victims, he was charged with ten counts of murder in front of a magistrates' court.Slaughter in hospital, Sunday Herald (30 July 1950)

See also

List of massacres in Uganda

References