BRAZIL: Deadly school shooting in São Paulo

Two teenagers have opened fire at a school in south-eastern Brazil, killing at least five students and one employee, police say. The shooting happened at about 09:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when the students were in a break at the state school in Suzano, near São Paulo. Several other people have been wounded. The two […]

BRAZIL: Deadly school shooting in São Paulo

Two teenagers have opened fire at a school in south-eastern Brazil, killing at least five students and one employee, police say.

The shooting happened at about 09:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when the students were in a break at the state school in Suzano, near São Paulo.

Several other people have been wounded. The two gunmen killed themselves after the attack, police say.

While gun crime is common in Brazil, shootings of this nature are not.