Two young men wearing hoods and carrying guns, knives and crossbows opened fire at a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing eight people before taking their own lives, authorities said.
Police officers guard the entrance of the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, Brazil, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Published Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:19PM EDTSUZANO, Brazil -- Two masked men armed with guns, knives, axes and crossbows descended on a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing five students and two adults before taking their own lives, authorities said.
"This is the saddest day of my life," de Campos said, speaking to reporters outside the school in the Sao Paulo suburb of Suzano. Students gathered outside the school recounted harrowing attacks and seeing several bodies lying in pools of blood. Horacio Pereira Nunes, a retiree whose house is next to the school, said he heard shots around 10 a.m.
Latin America's most populous nation has the largest number of annual homicides in the world, but school shootings are rare.
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