Gunman Opens Fire in Southern Brazil School, Killing One
Gunman Opens Fire in Southern Brazil School, Killing One
A gunman opened fire Monday in a school he used to attend in southern Brazil, killing one pupil and wounding another before being arrested. The ex-student arrived at the school in the Londrina metropolitan area saying he needed a transcript, but took out a gun once inside and began shooting.
The incident has sparked outrage and sadness across Brazil. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his feelings on Twitter, writing “Another young life taken away by hate and violence, something we can no longer tolerate in our schools or our society.”
Brazil has seen an increase in school attacks recently. In April, an attacker killed four young children with a hatchet at a school and daycare center in the southern city of Blumenau. That incident shocked the nation and prompted the Lula administration to announce measures to increase security at schools and tackle content seen as promoting school violence on social media.
Ex-Student Arrested After Attack
Brazil’s deadliest school shooting was in 2011, when a man opened fire at his former elementary school in Realengo, outside Rio de Janeiro, killing 12 children and then himself. The recent attack in southern Brazil is a tragic reminder of the ongoing issue of gun violence in our communities.
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