Mulago Hospital massacre | |
Location: | Kampala, Uganda |
Target: | Patients at Mulago Hospital |
Date: | July 28, 1950 |
Type: | Mass murder |
Fatalities: | 12 |
Perp: | Lazaro Obwara |
Weapons: | Knife |
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