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| Brazil kindergarten attack: Man kills four children in Blumenau | Brazil kindergarten attack: Man kills four children in Blumenau |
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| At least four children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil, local officials say. | |
| Another four children were injured by the 25-year-old man who entered the creche at around 09:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday. | |
| Hospital officials said those injured were all under the age of three. | |
| Police told local media that the attacker had surrendered and that he had been taken into police custody. | |
| Firefighters said that around 40 children had been inside the creche at the time of the attack. | |
| They added that the assailant had jumped over a wall in order to gain entrance to the building and had apparently targeted the victims at random. | |
| Parents ran to the kindergarten as news of the incident spread. | |
| City officials have suspended classes in Blumenau until at least tomorrow. | |
| The governor of Santa Catarina state - where Blumenau is located - has declared three days of mourning. | |
| It is not the first time a kindergarten in the state has been the target of an attack. In 2021, an 18-year-old man killed two staff members and three toddlers in a creche in the municipality of Saudades. | |
| President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tweeted that "there is no greater pain than that of a family that loses its children or grandchildren, even more so when it's through an act of violence against innocent children who can't defend themselves". | |
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