At least 10 people killed in a shooting in a school in Brazil

The death toll in a school in Suzano, in the San Pablo metropolitan area, was 10 and the number of injured was also in that amount, the provisional record of the Brazilian authorities announced on Wednesday.

According to the military police in San Pablo, at least five teenagers died inside the college, an employee of the institution and the two perpetrators of the shooting, who committed suicide in the corridors of the 39, ;institute.

The other two people died in the hospital where they were transferred after the event, as confirmed by the military police spokesman, Capitana Cibelle.

Consternation and pain

In the vicinity of public high school Raúl Brasil, concern reigned. School parents and neighbors in the area were hurrying for information.

The bodies of the victims are still inside the educational institutions.

The military police explained that "two teenagers, apparently hooded," entered this morning at the Raúl Brasil School of Suzano, about 60 km from the capital, São Paulo, and "they fired several shots ".

In addition, the attackers injured a local business owner who was admitted to a hospital in the region in serious condition.

About the attack

The authorities have not yet confirmed the reasons for the attack nor the identity of the murdered students, but have indicated that they were between 15 and 17 years old.

After firing several times, the criminals committed suicide. Six rescue units, three ambulance units, two military police helicopters and units specialized in the deactivation of explosives were moved to the scene of the incident.

According to the militarized police, "the individuals wore an unidentified number of revolvers, as well as artifacts in explosive-like backpacks", being examined, as well as "machetes" and "a bow and arrow." arrows".

The hoods of the attackers wore skulls printed on the front, added the same sources.

The governor of the state of San Pablo, Joao Doria, canceled all his goals and went to the city urgently.

"I am very shocked, with deep sadness, it is the saddest scene I have seen in my life," lamented Doria during a press conference.

According to the O Globo newspaper, about a thousand students are enrolled in the school.

A few weeks ago, President Jair Bolsonaro announced that gun control would be eased.