LONDRINA, Brazil, June 20, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - A gunman opened fire Monday in a school he used to attend in southern Brazil, killing a 16-year-old student and badly wounding another before being arrested, authorities said. The ex-student arrived at the primary and secondary school in the municipality of Londrina saying he needed a transcript, but took out a gun once inside and began shooting, said authorities in the state of Parana. Brazil, where school attacks were once a rarity, has seen an increase in such assaults recently. In April, an attacker killed four young children with a hatchet at a school and daycare center in the southern city of Blumenau. Brazil's deadliest school shooting was in 2011, when a man opened fire at his former elementary school in Realengo, outside Rio de Janeiro, killing 12 children and then himself.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha June 20, 2023 03:37 UTC