At least 3 people killed and 11 others injured in Brazil school shootings - CNN

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At slightest 3 radical were killed and 11 others injured Friday aft a gunman opened occurrence astatine 2 schools successful the Brazilian authorities of Espirito Santo, according to section authorities.

The attacks took spot successful the tiny municipality of Aracruz, 50 miles northbound of the authorities capital, Vitoria.

The alleged shooter – who was seen successful information footage carrying a semi-automatic weapon, wearing subject attire and a look covering – has been arrested by police. The fishy has not yet been identified by authorities, but section media, including CNN affiliate CNN Brasil, person reported the idiosyncratic to beryllium a 16-year-old.

Espirito Santo politician Renato Casagrande, successful a Twitter station Friday, confirmed “security teams caught up with the attacker who, cowardly, attacked 2 schools successful Aracruz. I declared 3 days of authoritative mourning arsenic a motion of grief for the irreparable losses. We volition proceed to analyse the reasons and, soon, we volition person caller clarifications.”

The politician said the attacks took spot astatine the Primo Bitti schoolhouse and the Praia de Coqueiral Educational Center.

Speaking to the media, Public Safety curate Marcio Celante said constabulary judge the fishy acted unsocial based connected information video, but acknowledged further probe was needed to ascertain much details connected the incidents.

Celante besides revealed immoderate of what the information video showed.

“The archetypal transgression enactment was to entree the schoolhouse by breaking the padlock. He had entree to the teachers’ room,” Celante said, adding that “afterwards, helium moved to different school, wherever helium made much victims.”

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called the incidental an “absurd tragedy.”

“It’s with sadness that I was informed astir the attacks astatine the Aracruz schools successful Espirito Santo. My solidarity goes to the household of the victims successful this absurd tragedy,” Lula tweeted.

“My enactment goes retired to Governor Casagrande successful investigating the lawsuit and comforting the communities surrounding the 2 affected schools,” helium added.

Brazilian curate Victor Godoy besides joined his authorities peers successful expressing his sympathies.

“My condolences to the parents, relatives and employees of the Primo Bitti State Elementary and Middle School and the Praia de Coqueiral Educational Center, successful Aracruz. I taxable for the grounds my repudiation of this manifestation of violence,” Godoy wrote connected Twitter.