SUZANO, Brazil: Two former students opened fire at a Brazilian school on Wednesday and killed at least five teenagers as well as two school officials before committing suicide in an attack that police said was inspired by the 1999 Columbine massacre in the United States.
Another 10 people, mostly school children, were shot and injured, with several in serious condition, said police. Marcelo Salles, commander of police forces in Sao Paulo state, said:"It was an unspeakably brutal crime." School shootings are rare in Brazil, although the country is one of the world's most violent with more annual homicides than any other. The last major school shooting was in 2011, when 12 children were shot dead by a former pupil in Rio de Janeiro.
Castro entered the school a few seconds later and put a crossbow and backpack on the floor. He then pulled out a hatchet and hacked at the bodies on the ground. Salles said the gunmen used at least one .38 caliber pistol and speed loaders, along with a crossbow, knives, a compound bow and arrow and several Molotov cocktails.
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