Brazilian Police Kill Suspect Who Held 13 Children at Knifepoint in School
Police said the suspect held at least 13 children hostage and threatened to ignite a gasoline-like liquid before tactical entry ended the standoff.
- On Thursday, Brazilian police killed a suspect who held at least 13 children at knifepoint for two hours inside CMEI Sao Braz, a school in Curitiba's Sao Braz region.
- Parana state police spokeswoman Leticia Martins reported the suspect threatened to pour gasoline on hostages while negotiators attempted to resolve the standoff before officers entered tactically.
- None of the children were injured during the rescue, which followed two explosions near the classroom; local police commander Alexandre Lopes Dias identified the suspect as a man suffering from schizophrenia.
- Curitiba City Hall announced that students and school staffers will receive psychological support following the traumatic event, as local media reported scenes of tearful parents waiting outside.
- Curitiba, a city of 1.8 million residents, is located 400 kilometers south of Sao Paulo; other students had successfully left the school unharmed before the hostage situation began.
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In southern Brazil, a man was killed by the police after he was armed with a knife in a day care center. According to the authorities, he was mentally ill.
The perpetrator arrived at the elementary school in Brazil on a bicycle, jumped the fence and locked himself in a room with toddlers, while threatening to set the building on fire The post Brazil: Hostage in a kindergarten with 13 children ended – The perpetrator is dead appeared first on in.gr.
The assailant was shot down. His motives are unknown at this stage and whether he had any connection with this school in the city of Curitiba, but he was suffering from schizophrenia.
Brazilian police have rescued 13 young children, aged between four and five, who were held hostage for hours at a kindergarten and killed the kidnapper. The man was threatening to set the building on fire, authorities said. He was threatening to set the kindergarten on fire “We managed to neutralize this person and save the 13 children, who were handed over to the emergency services (…) for treatment,” the head of the special forces of the gend…
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He was holding a lighter and had thrown flammable liquid into the room – The police neutralized him, all the children were saved
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