2023-06-19 16:47:05
The injured 14-year-old student was reported in critical condition at a hospital.
Courtesy | Brazil has had almost two dozen attacks or violent episodes in schools since 2000
A former student entered a school and began shooting Monday in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, killing a 15-year-old girl and seriously wounding another teenager, a city spokesman told The Associated Press by phone. of Cambe.
The attacker, aged 20 or 21, entered the Professora Helena Kolody state school allegedly to retrieve some documents, spokesman Thiago Mossini said.
Once inside the school, the man fired at least a dozen rounds before an employee restrained him, Mossini reported. The attacker was arrested, Mossini said.
The injured 14-year-old student was reported in critical condition at a hospital.
Images circulating on television and social media showed dozens of students gathered in front of the school, some crying, as an ambulance pulled up to the gate.
Brazil has had almost two dozen attacks or violent episodes in schools since 2000, half of them in the last 14 months.
On April 5, a man attacked a daycare center, killing four children and prompting the government to launch an unprecedented campaign. Some 3,400 police officers carried out a nationwide raid to arrest hundreds of people accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday on his official Twitter account: “Another young life taken by hatred and violence that we can no longer tolerate within our schools and society.”
Have the information instantly on your cell phone. Join the Diario Primicia WhatsApp group through the following link:
We are also on Telegram as @DiarioPrimicia, join here:
1687214000
#Brazil #student #enters #school #shoots #minor