Two Street Children Burned to Death by Mob in Soroti

What the report says

Police in Soroti City are investigating a suspected mob attack that left two street children dead and another badly injured, according to the Nile Post. The incident was reported to have happened around 2:00 a.m. on August 3, 2026, along Town Talks Street in Soroti Central Ward, in Soroti East Division. The children were reportedly accused of theft before the assault.

The publication said two of the victims were beaten and set on fire, while a third was rescued by police officers and taken to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for treatment. The bodies of the two children who died were moved to Soroti City Mortuary for postmortem examination as detectives worked to identify those responsible and determine the full circumstances of the attack.

Police condemned the killing and urged the public not to carry out mob justice. The force said suspected offenders should be handed over to authorities so they can go through legal process. It also asked anyone with information about the incident to contact police in Soroti. More broadly, the case highlights continuing concerns about vigilante violence and the vulnerability of street-connected children in urban areas, though those wider observations are general context rather than details from the report.