A nursery in southern Brazil was stormed by a teenager carrying a machete, killing three young kids and two adults on Tuesday.
Based on the Brazilian news outlet, the suspect was later identified as 18-year-old Fabiano Kipper Mai. The killing spree happened in the municipality of Saudades, which is in the southern state of Santa Catarina.
According to the Associated Press via Yahoo News, Municipal Education Secretary Gisela Hermann described the scene as a terror at the school during an interview with the online G1 news site. She also mentioned a guy was lying on the floor and still alive at the time, a dead child, and a dead teacher.
Attacker kills children and teacher at Brazil daycare center
By AP NEWS
RIO DE JANEIRO - Officials in southern Brazil say an attacker killed several children and at least one teacher at a daycare center in the city of Saudades on Tuesday.
Municipal education secretary Gisela Hermann described a scene of terror at the school in an interview with the online G1 news site. There was a guy lying on the floor, but still alive, a dead teacher, a dead child too, she said.
The police department had no immediate statement, but O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo and G1 reported three children and two teachers had been killed
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Attacker kills children, teacher at Brazil day care center
Officials in southern Brazil say a knife-wielding attacker has killed three children and at least one teacher at a day care center in the city of Saudades
ByThe Associated Press
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Relatives stand outside the Aquarela preschool in Saudades, in the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. According to police an 18-year-old teenager entered the day care center with a knife and stabbed and killed three children and a teacher. (AP Photo/Liamara Polli)
Attacker kills several children and teachers after bursting into day care centre
Police say they have apprehended a person after the horror attack at a nursery involving a machete which left several victims dead and took place around 11am on Tuesday, May 4
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