Brazil in shock after man kills four children with hatchet at daycare centre

A person in his mid-twenties with a hatchet hopped over a wall and went on a killing spree in a kindergarten in Brazil, killing 4 kids in accordance with authorities.

The victims are three boys and a lady, starting from 5 to seven years previous.

Shortly afterwards, the assailant turned himself right into a police station and didn't seem to have any connection to the daycare centre. Authorities at the moment are looking for a motive.

The incident occurred within the southern metropolis of Blumenau within the state of Santa Catarina. In 2021, the identical state noticed an analogous assault on a daycare centre, the place an assailant used a dagger to kill three kids below 2 years previous and two adults.

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A lady comforts a crying lady exterior the daycare centre "Cantinho do Bom Pastor" after a deadly assault on kids in Blumenau, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Wednesday, AprilPatrick Rodrigues/AP

From 2000 to 2022, 16 assaults or violent episodes occurred in faculties throughout Brazil, 4 of them within the second half of final 12 months, in accordance with a report led by the College of Sao Paulo.

Santa Catarina’s governor Jorginho Mello declared three days of mourning, whereas Blumenau’s mayor Mário Hildebrandt suspended courses. The state authorities additionally mentioned in a press release that rumours circulating on social media of different potential assaults had been false.

Blumenau, a metropolis of 366,000 folks, is known for its annual Oktoberfest pageant.

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