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RNZ News
09-07-2025
- RNZ News
Teen attack at Brazil school kills child, injures two more
Police officers stand guard at the entrance of the Municipal School Maria Nascimento Giacomazzi after a 16-year-old teenager entered the school, killed a child, and wounded two people in Estacao, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Photo: AFP / ANDREI NARDI / GRUPO SIDERAL DE A 16-year-old boy killed a child and injured two other people during an attack at a school in southern Brazil, authorities said. The attack - which took place at the Maria Nascimento Giacomazzi school in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul - involved two children, an eight-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy, as well as a 34-year-old teacher who tried to intervene in the assault. The male child did not survive his injuries, but the female child and teacher were in stable condition, police said. Law enforcement did not confirm the weapon used in the attack, but Estacao Mayor Geverson Zimmermann told reporters the victims suffered stab wounds. He added that the suspected attacker was known to teachers at the school and had been undergoing "psychological treatment." Zimmermann said security at the school had been reinforced recently, with fences added and increased personnel, after a recent increase in attacks at educational centers. In April 2023, four children between the ages of four and seven were murdered with an axe at a daycare center in Bluemenau, in the southern state of Santa Catarina. Two months later, two teenagers ages 16 and 17 died when a man opened fire at a school in the southern Brazilian state of Parana. The worst attack at an educational institution in Brazil took place in 2011, when 12 children died after a man opened fire at a kindergarten in Realengo, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, before he took his own life. - AFP
CTV News
08-07-2025
- CTV News
A teenager attacks children in a school in Brazil, killing a 9-year-old
The flag of Brazil flutters in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Carl de Souza/Pool Photo via AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — A 16-year-old attacked children in a school in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old, authorities said. The attacker was arrested shortly after. Another child and a teacher were also injured in the attack in the Estacao municipality, police said in a statement. The teen used a knife, according to local news outlet G1. The motive was not immediately clear and an investigation was underway, police said. The teen had no criminal record and police did not release his identity or other details. Estacao's town hall said that following the attack, classes had been suspended across the area for an undetermined period. 'What happened cannot be normalized, downplayed, or forgotten,' Gov. Eduardo Leite said on X, adding that he would strengthen strategies for protection and care in schools. School attacks in Brazil have happened with greater frequency in recent years. In 2023, four children were killed after a man with a hatchet burst into a day care center in the neighboring state of Santa Catarina. The Associated Press
Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Associated Press
A teenager attacks children in a school in Brazil, killing a 9-year-old
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 16-year-old attacked children in a school in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old, authorities said. The attacker was arrested shortly after. Another child and a teacher were also injured in the attack in the Estacao municipality, police said in a statement. The teen used a knife, according to local news outlet G1. The motive was not immediately clear and an investigation was underway, police said. The teen had no criminal record and police did not release his identity or other details. Estacao's town hall said that following the attack, classes had been suspended across the area for an undetermined period. 'What happened cannot be normalized, downplayed, or forgotten,' Gov. Eduardo Leite said on X, adding that he would strengthen strategies for protection and care in schools. School attacks in Brazil have happened with greater frequency in recent years. In 2023, four children were killed after a man with a hatchet burst into a day care center in the neighboring state of Santa Catarina.
