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Rio de Janeiro: A former student entered a school and then started shooting in it BrazilSouthern Parana killing a 15-year-old girl and seriously injuring another teen, a spokesman for the city of Cambe said on Monday. The gunman, aged 20 or 21, entered Professora Helena Kolody State School, apparently to retrieve some documents, a spokesperson said. Thiago Musini He said.
Once inside the building, the man fired at least a dozen shots before a school employee handcuffed him. Musini He said. Musini said the alleged shooter has been arrested by police.
The injured student, aged 14, was reported to be in critical condition in hospital.
Pictures circulating on television and social media showed dozens of students gathered outside the school, some of them crying, as an ambulance approached the gate.
Brazil has seen nearly two dozen violent attacks or incidents in schools since 2000, half of them in the past 14 months.
On April 5, an attack on a nursery school killed four children and prompted an unprecedented government crackdown. Some 3,400 police officers have conducted a nationwide sweep to arrest several hundred people accused of spreading hate speech or stoking violence in schools.
president “There is another young life robbed of hate and violence that we can no longer bear within our schools and our society,” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on his official Twitter account on Monday.
Once inside the building, the man fired at least a dozen shots before a school employee handcuffed him. Musini He said. Musini said the alleged shooter has been arrested by police.
The injured student, aged 14, was reported to be in critical condition in hospital.
Pictures circulating on television and social media showed dozens of students gathered outside the school, some of them crying, as an ambulance approached the gate.
Brazil has seen nearly two dozen violent attacks or incidents in schools since 2000, half of them in the past 14 months.
On April 5, an attack on a nursery school killed four children and prompted an unprecedented government crackdown. Some 3,400 police officers have conducted a nationwide sweep to arrest several hundred people accused of spreading hate speech or stoking violence in schools.
president “There is another young life robbed of hate and violence that we can no longer bear within our schools and our society,” Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on his official Twitter account on Monday.
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