3 dead in shooting at two schools in Brazil

Yesterday (Friday), a 16-year-old man wearing Nazi symbols opened fire on two schools in the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, killing at least 3 people and wounding 11 others.

The shooting took place in the city of Aracruz, with a population of 100,000, 600 kilometers northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

The authorities said that 3 teachers and a student, whose age was not specified, were in serious condition.

Investigators said that the attacker, whose face was covered, and a swastika appeared on his clothes, broke into the Primo Pitti school, which he had left in June.

The authorities stated that the attacker stormed the back gate of the school, entered the teachers' room and opened fire on many teachers, killing two people and wounding 9 others.

And television footage published by the media showed the young man entering the school with a weapon in his hand, while several people rushed to flee in the aftermath, then he went to a place not far away, to the “Praia de Coqueral” educational center, which is a private school, where he killed a teenager and wounded Two people, before the police arrested him.

"He did not have a specific target" when he opened fire, but he had been planning the attack "two years ago," said the Civil Police Commissioner, Joao Francisco Filho, at a press conference.

The authorities said that the two weapons he used belonged to his father, who works as a policeman, and one of them is a service weapon.

She stated that she is investigating whether the young man who is undergoing “psychological treatment” has links to one or more extremist groups.

The young man was arrested at his home a few hours after the incident, and he surrendered, in cooperation with his parents, without showing any resistance.

The mayor of Aracruz, Luis Carlos Coutinho, told CBN radio that there were two attackers.

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