Two teenagers armed with guns and wearing hoods, entered the school and began shooting at students.
SUZANO, Brazil — Two young men wearing hoods and carrying guns, knives and crossbows opened fire at a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing eight people before taking their own lives, authorities said.
Doria said the school had been evacuated and police were inspecting what appeared to be possible explosives left by the shooters.Students gathered outside the school recounted harrowing attacks and seeing several bodies lying in pools of blood. “My friend was stabbed in the shoulder and my other friend was shot,” she said. “I escaped with one friend and went home and then came back to look for another friend.”
The public school, Raul Brasil Professor, has more than 1,600 students from elementary to high school grades, teachers gathered outside said.
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