Four children killed in an attack on a kindergarten in Brazil
- April 5, 2023
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At least four children died this Wednesday and three were injured in an attack on a kindergarten in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau, the fire department said.
At least four children died this Wednesday and three were injured in an attack on a kindergarten in the southern Brazilian city of Blumenau, the fire department said.
25 year old man attacked Kennel Cantinho Bom Pastor with bladed weapons, he attacked minors and then surrendered to the authorities, according to the Military Police, quoted by local media.
This attack came ten days after another that took place at a school in São Paulo where a 13-year-old stabbed to death teacher and injured four others.
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“Four deceased minors have been confirmed, three have been taken to hospital,” the fire department said, which said “other authorities public safetyThey are also active in the area to investigate the episode.
At present, the state of health of Mr. injuredalthough the local press indicates that there is at least one child with a severe clinical picture.
In recent months, similar attacks have been repeated in other educational centers in Brazila country that, until recently, was not accustomed to these acts of violence.
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Armed attacks on schools
In addition to the attack ten days ago, on November 25, a 16-year-old teenager shot and killed four people for two. consecutive attacks on two schools nearby in Aracruz, in the state of Espiritu Santo (southeast).
Two months earlier, a man armed with a revolver and two knives broke into a civilian military school and killed a disabled student in the northeastern state of Bahia.
Similarly, on March 13, 2019, two former students entered a school in the city of Susano, about 60 km from Sao Paulothey killed five students and two workers and a dozen were injured before both committed suicide.
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Lula: Attack is a “monster”
President of Brazil Luis Inacio Lula da Silvadescribed as the “monstrous” killing of four children this Wednesday in a kindergarten in the southern city of Blumenau, by an arrested man with a knife.
“There is no greater pain than the pain of a family that loses its children or grandchildren, especially in an act of violence against innocent and defenseless children“, the president wrote on his social networks.
According to Lula, “for any person with Christian feelings, such a tragedy is unacceptable” and is “an absurd act of hatred and cowardice.”
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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