The Fourth Kazekage intended to use Gaara as the village's personal weapon, but Shukaku's bloodlust proved too much for Gaara as his sand harms anyone around caused the boy to become feared to the point his father decided to have him assassinated.
The Fourth Kazekage intended to use Gaara as the village's personal weapon, but Shukaku's bloodlust proved too much for Gaara who suffered night terrors brought about by the tailed beast's influence. With Gaara's sand adding to his instability to inability to control Shukaku, the boy to become feared to the point his father decided to have him assassinated.