Four Children Killed In Attack At Kindergarten In South Brazil
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) A man stabbed at least four children to death on Wednesday at a
kindergarten in south Brazil, local officials said, trend reports citing
xinhua .
The 25-year-old attacker, who turned himself in to authorities
after the attack, also left several children injured in the tragic
incident in the town of Blumenau, the southern state of Santa
Catarina.
The fatal victims included three boys and a girl aged four to
seven.
According to police, the attacker entered the kindergarten by
jumping over a wall, and after attacking the children, drove by
motorcycle to the local police station to turn himself in.
"I have come to report that I have committed a crime," the man
said, according to a police account cited by a Santa Catarina news
channel.
The case has shocked Brazil, where President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva described it as a "monstrosity," and expressed solidarity
with the families of the victims.
"There is no greater pain than when a family loses a child or
grandchild, even more so in an act against innocent and defenseless
children," he said.
Santa Catarina Governor Jorginho Mello declared three days of
mourning statewide, and called on the society to reflect on what
took place and how to "contribute to increasing safety."
The attack came days after a teenager stabbed a teacher to death
with a knife and injured four others in late March at a public
school in Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.
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