Brazilian Police Kill Suspect Who Held 13 Children at Knifepoint in School
Police said the suspect held at least 13 children hostage for two hours before a tactical entry freed them unharmed.
- On Thursday, Brazilian police killed a suspect who held at least 13 children at knifepoint for two hours inside CMEI Sao Braz, a school in Curitiba's Sao Braz region.
- Parana state police spokeswoman Leticia Martins reported the suspect threatened to pour gasoline on hostages while negotiators attempted to resolve the standoff before officers entered tactically.
- None of the children were injured during the rescue, which followed two explosions near the classroom; local police commander Alexandre Lopes Dias identified the suspect as a man suffering from schizophrenia.
- Curitiba City Hall announced that students and school staffers will receive psychological support following the traumatic event, as local media reported scenes of tearful parents waiting outside.
- Curitiba, a city of 1.8 million residents, is located 400 kilometers south of Sao Paulo; other students had successfully left the school unharmed before the hostage situation began.
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Heavy armed special forces free 13 kindergarten children in Brazil from the violence of a hostage taker. The man had entrenched himself with the toddlers in a room and threatened to set the daycare on fire.
Brazil police rescue 13 children after kindergarten hostage standoff, assailant dead
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 10 — Police in Brazil yesterday rescued 13 children who had been taken hostage in their kindergarten and killed the assailant who threatened to set fire to...
Brazilian police recovered alive 13 children aged four to five who were taken hostage in a school in Curitiba and shot down the abductor who was threatening to set the building on fire, according to the authorities.
A man armed with a knife broke into a nursery school in the São Braz neighborhood of Curitiba in southern Brazil on Friday, October 9. Around 21.00 GMT, the individual held several children, teachers and school staff hostage, which motivated the mobilization of police teams.
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