crime 22 April 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Witness Reveals Okello's Chilling Online Searches on ISIS Beheadings and Guns Before Ggaba Attack
A police digital forensic analyst testified that Christopher Okello, accused in the Ggaba daycare killings, searched online for ISIS beheadings, firearm acquisition in Uganda, and downloaded a military strategy book. The evidence suggests premeditation in the April 2 attack that killed four toddlers. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/okello-searched-about-beheading-online-witness-5433226
Disturbing digital evidence emerged during the trial of Christopher Okello Onyum, the main suspect in the tragic Ggaba daycare killings, at the community mobile High Court before Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Kenneth Henry Angulo, a digital forensic expert, analyzed Okello’s electronic devices and found searches connected to the ISIS extremist group. One specific query was for ‘ISIS-beheading,’ which shocked courtroom observers.
Okello also looked into obtaining firearms in Uganda, including details on gun license processing times. Additionally, he downloaded The Art of War by Sun Tzu onto a flash disk from his Kyanja residence on November 6, 2025, at 1:32 am.
Prosecutors claim these activities indicate careful planning for the April 2 assault at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Programme, where four young children lost their lives. Earlier witnesses noted multiple knives found at his home, though the defense called them everyday items for farming.
A caretaker previously described seeing Okello attack the children swiftly with a knife, initially mistaking it for a beating. Okello denies the four murder charges as the high-profile trial continues.
Source: Daily Monitor (Uganda)