Mulago Hospital massacre | |
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Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Date | July 28, 1950 |
Target | Patients at Mulago Hospital |
Attack type | Mass murder |
Weapons | Knife |
Deaths | 12 |
Perpetrator | Lazaro Obwara |
The Mulago Hospital massacre occurred at the Mulago Government African Hospital in Kampala, Uganda on July 28, 1950. After visiting his dying son at the hospital, 55-year-old Lazaro Obwara ran down the ward and stabbed a woman and eleven children with a knife, all of whom died. Obwara was arrested and charged with twelve counts of murder. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
After the attack, 12 victims were identified - 12 dead [2]
Mulago Hospital massacre | |
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Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Date | July 28, 1950 |
Target | Patients at Mulago Hospital |
Attack type | Mass murder |
Weapons | Knife |
Deaths | 12 |
Perpetrator | Lazaro Obwara |
The Mulago Hospital massacre occurred at the Mulago Government African Hospital in Kampala, Uganda on July 28, 1950. After visiting his dying son at the hospital, 55-year-old Lazaro Obwara ran down the ward and stabbed a woman and eleven children with a knife, all of whom died. Obwara was arrested and charged with twelve counts of murder. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
After the attack, 12 victims were identified - 12 dead [2]