Boy, 13, guns down two staff members in horror school shooting as students forced to climb 20ft wall to escape bullets
the-sun.com • • world
Key Points:
- A 13-year-old boy carried out a school shooting at Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, Brazil, killing two female staff members and injuring others; he was arrested and admitted to the attack.
- Students attempted to escape by climbing a 20ft wall or hiding on the school roof, with one student and another staff member hospitalized due to injuries.
- The gun used belonged to the boy’s stepfather, who was also arrested following the incident.
- The shooting adds to a recent pattern of school violence, including previous attacks in Brazil's Ceara state and deadly shootings in Turkey within the past month.
- In Turkey, a 14-year-old gunman killed 10 and injured 19 in the deadliest school shooting in the country's history, while another attack injured 16 people, highlighting a troubling rise in school shootings internationally.
