A former scholar armed with a semiautomatic pistol and sporting a bulletproof vest fatally shot three folks and wounded 13 on Friday after barging into two faculties in southeastern Brazil, authorities stated.
The shootings occurred at a public college with elementary and center college college students and a non-public college, each situated on the identical avenue within the small city of Aracruz in Espirito Santo state, the state’s public safety secretariat stated in an announcement. Two lecturers and a scholar have been killed.
Approximately 4 hours later, the shooter, recognized as a 16-year-old boy who used to review on the public college, was arrested by police, Espirito Santo Gov. Renato Casagrande stated. Authorities didn’t launch the suspect’s title.
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Security digicam footage confirmed the assailant sporting a bulletproof vest and utilizing a semiautomatic pistol for the assaults, Espirito Santo public safety secretary Márcio Celante stated in a video supplied by the secretariat’s press workplace. Casagrande stated the weapon belongs to the previous scholar’s father, a army police officer.
In addition to the fatalities, 13 folks have been wounded, together with 9 instructors, stated Celante, who famous that within the public college the shooter gained entry to the lecturers lounge after breaking a lock. Six of the wounded, together with two youngsters, have been nonetheless hospitalized Friday afternoon.
School shootings are unusual in Brazil, however have occurred with considerably higher frequency in recent times.