View of the Primo Bitti state school, one of two schools where a shooting took place, after an armed man opened fire, in Aracruz, Espirito Santo State, Brazil, on November 25, 2022. At least three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded when a man opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil. Authorities arrested the suspected shooter after a manhunt, state Governor Renato Casagrande said. (Photo by KADIJA FERNANDES / AFP)
Three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a 16-year-old shooter wearing Nazi symbols opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil, officials have disclosed.
Authorities in the city of Aracruz, in Espirito Santo state, revealed that the shooter fired on a group of teachers at his former school, killing two people and leaving nine others wounded.
He then left that school and went to a nearby private school where he killed an adolescent girl and wounded two other people.
Governor Renato Casagrande disclosed that authorities have arrested the shooter and declared three days of mourning in the state.
He further revealed that the shooter was undergoing psychiatric treatment and had been a student at the first school until June when his family transferred him to another school.
Security camera footage aired on Brazilian media showed the shooter running into the school dressed in military-style camouflage and brandishing a gun. He then sprinted through the hallways, sending staff fleeing in terror as he began firing shots.
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