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Brazil hit by two school attacks in 24 hours
A file photo of a previous attack at the Aquarela Daycare School, after a 18-year-old man armed with a knife burst and killed three children and two staff, at the southern city of Saudades, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, on May 4, 2021. (AFP)
AFP, Brasília
A 13-year-old boy stabbed three classmates Tuesday at a school in Brazil, the second such assault in 24 hours, adding to fears over spiraling school violence after a series of deadly attacks.
Brazil is on edge after a man armed with a hatchet burst into a preschool last week and hacked four children to death, shocking the nation and thrusting the issue of school safety into the spotlight.
Police said a student in the central city of Santa Tereza had thrown a firecracker into a classroom, then attacked classmates with a knife when they fled into the hallway.
He wounded three before being subdued by a janitor.
On Monday, a student in the northern city of Manaus stabbed a teacher and two classmates, media reports said.
More:
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/04/12/Brazil-hit-by-two-school-attacks-in-24-hours-
