Brazil school shooting leaves three dead, eleven injured
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School shootings are becoming 'normal' in Brazil after Bolsonaro's presidency and decrees to legalize gun purchases in never before seen numbers.
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At least three were killed and another eleven were injured as a result of a school shooting at two different schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities in the city of Aracruz, in the state of Espirito Santo, reported on Friday.
According to local sources, the shooter had entered the first school and opened fire on a group of teachers on early Friday, killing two women and wounding nine other people.
He then proceeded to head to pursue his shooting spree at yet another school where he shot and killed an adolescent girl and wounded two other people, according to Mayor Luis Carlos Coutinho.
#ÚLTIMAHORA #Brasil: #tiroteo deja al menos 3 muertos y 11 heridos en dos escuelas de #EspírituSanto.
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Los fallecidos son dos profesores y un alumno de primaria. #Brazil #Shooting pic.twitter.com/O0YbWkZqy4
State Governor Renato Casagrande said the suspect was later found and arrested by authorities.
"We will continue investigating the motive and should have further information soon," the governor wrote on Twitter.
School shootings are becoming 'normal' in Brazil after Bolsonaro's presidency and decrees to legalize gun purchases in never before seen numbers.
The deadliest school shooting Brazil has ever witnessed occurred in 2011 with the death of 12 children. A man had opened fire at his former elementary school in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Realengo, then committed suicide.
Another incident occurred in 2019 when two students shot eight people dead at a school in Suzano near Sao Paolo and also committed suicide following the attack.
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva described the recent shootings as an "absurd tragedy".
"I was saddened to learn of the attacks," he wrote on Twitter. "All my solidarity to the victims' families... and my support to Governor Casagrande for the investigation and assistance to the two school communities."
The former leftist President, whose term lasted from 2003-2010, urged "peace and unity" after defeating far-right Bolsonaro, concluding a historic political comeback.
The victory represented a stunning turnaround for the leftist icon, who returned for an unprecedented third term at 77 after leaving office in 2010 as the most popular President in Brazilian history.
Lula has been a sharp critic of Bolsonaro's dramatic curbs on gun-control laws.
Read more: Conservatism grows in Brazil despite leftist Lula's win: WSJ
