Attacker kills children, teacher at Brazil day care center
Officials in southern Brazil say an attacker has killed several children and at least one teacher at a day care center in the city of Saudades
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Municipal education secretary Gisela Hermann described “a scene of terror” at the school in an interview with the online G1 news site. "There was a guy lying on the floor, but still alive, a dead teacher, a dead child too,” she said.
The police department had no immediate statement, but O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo and G1 reported three children and two teachers had been killed
G1 quoted police officer Ricardo Newton Casagrande as saying that an 18-year-old had entered the day care center with a knife.
Santa Catarina state Gov. Carlos Moisés lamented the “devastating news” on his official Twitter profile. “My solidarity with families, the school community and all residents of this welcoming city.”