Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 06, 2023 12:19 pm

BLUMENAU, Brazil: A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and killed four children with a hatchet-like weapon Wednesday before turning himself in to police, an attack President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned as 'monstrous.'

The attacker, who jumped a wall to get inside, also wounded four other children at the private preschool, known as the Good Shepherd Center, in the city of Blumenau, said police and government officials in the state of Santa Catarina.

People light candles as part of a vigil in Blumenau, Santa Catarina State, in southern Brazil, on April 5, 2023. - A 25-year-old attacker burst into the Good Shepherd Center private preschool and killed four children with a bladed weapon before turning himself in to police, authorities said. Police and government officials said the man had also wounded four other people. Photo by ANDERSON COELHO / AFP

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