A man in southern Brazil who invaded a daycare center with a hatchet has killed four children and injured at least three others, authorities say.
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The assailant turned himself in at a police station and did not appear to have any connection with the center, which offers nursery services, preschool education and after-school activities. The dead were between the ages of 5 and 7, authorities said.
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