This chronological list of school shootings in the Brazil that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following:
- Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
- Murder–suicides by rejected suitors or estranged spouses
- Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.
List edit
| Date | Location | Perpetrator(s) | Dead | Injured | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2001 | Limeira | R. H. E. S. | 1 | 3 | A 16-year-old teenager shot four students, killing one of them at a school in Limeira.[1][2] |
| 6 August 2001 | Macaúbas | Robério Souza de Oliveita | 1 (the perpetrator) | 7 | A farmer shot six students and a teacher with a shotgun at a school in Macaúbas, after the shooting the perpetrator fled and committed suicide.[3] |
| 28 October 2002 | Jaguaribe | E. R. | 2 | 0 | Sigma School shooting: A student shot dead two of his classmates for bullying him. |
| 28 January 2003 | Taiúva | Edmar Aparecido Freitas | 1 (the perpetrator) | 8 | A former student shot and wounded 8 of his classmates before committing suicide.[4][5] |
| 7 April 2011 | Realengo | Wellington Menezes de Oliveira | 13 (including the perpetrator) | 22 | Rio de Janeiro school shooting: A former student shot dead 12 people and wounded another 22 before being shot by police, at which point he committed suicide. |
| 22 September 2011 | São Caetano do Sul | Unnamed | 1 (the perpetrator) | 1 | A 10-year-old student entered a room using a firearm and shot a teacher, before leaving the room and committing suicide.[6][7] |
| 11 April 2012 | João Pessoa | Unnamed | 0 | 3 | A student shot at people at a state school in João Pessoa, slightly injuring three students.[8] |
| 4 July 2013 | Belo Horizonte | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 19-year-old man shot two students at a school in Belo Horizonte.[9] |
| 20 October 2017 | Goiânia | Unnamed | 2 | 4 | Goyases School shooting: A 14-year-old student shot dead two of his classmates and wounded four others. |
| 28 September 2018 | Medianeira | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 15-year-old student shot and wounded two of his classmates as a response to bullying before being arrested by police.[10] |
| 13 March 2019 | Suzano | Guilherme Taucci Monteiro Luiz Henrique de Castro |
10 (including the perpetrators) | 11 | Suzano massacre: Two former students killed one of the two's uncle, then shot dead another seven and wounding eleven students at the Professor Raul Brasil State School before committing a murder-suicide. |
| 7 November 2019 | Caraí | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A student invades a school in Caraí using a firearm, injuring two students in the process.[11] |
| 5 October 2022 | Sobral | Unnamed | 1 | 2 | A 15-year-old student invades a school in Sobral using a firearm, injuring two students and killing another one.[12][13] |
| 25 November 2022 | Aracruz | Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni | 4 | 12 | Aracruz school shootings: A 16-year-old former student attacked two schools in his area, killing four and injuring twelve before he was arrested. |
| 19 June 2023 | Cambé | Unnamed | 2 | 0 | A former student of an institution in Cambé shot and killed two students. Killing one of them instantly, while the other died the next day.[14][15] |
| 23 October 2023 | Sapopemba | Unnamed | 1 | 3 | Sapopemba State School shooting: A student shot at three students, killing one of them, before turning himself into police. |
References edit
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- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Violência: Estudante mata colega em escola de Limeira - 07/03/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Bahia: Agricultor invade escola, fere 7 e se mata - 07/08/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Jovem que baleou 8 em escola era "calmo", dizem amigos". Perfil News (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2003-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ Oliveira, Gisele (2021-05-26). "The First School Shooting in Brazil". Medium. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "10-year-old Brazilian student kills himself after shooting teacher". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Escola que foi palco de disparos em São Caetano do Sul (SP) é a melhor do Estado no Ideb - 22/09/2011 - UOL Notícias". noticias.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ PB, Do G1 (2012-04-11). "Rapaz invade escola pública na PB e atira contra alunos, diz polícia". Paraíba (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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- ^ "Aluno armado atira e fere dois colegas em colégio de Medianeira; VÍDEO". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ "Aluno entra em escola e atira contra colegas na zona rural de Caraí; dois ficam feridos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Tiro em escola de Sobral: o que se sabe e o que falta saber sobre caso que deixou um aluno morto e dois feridos no Ceará". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Aluno pega arma de CAC e dispara contra três estudantes em escola pública de Sobral, no Ceará". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "At least one dead after school shooting in southern Brazil". Reuters. 2023-06-20.
- ^ Staff, A. O. L. "Second teenager in Brazil school shooting dies in hospital". www.aol.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.