Four children are killed and at least three are injured after a man with a hatchet invaded a daycare centre in southern Brazil, officials say
A man who invaded a daycare centre with a hatchet has killed four children and injured at least three others in southern Brazil, authorities said.
The state's firefighters corps confirmed the man attacked with a hatchet and that three children were taken to the hospital. Neither the state’s military police nor its security secretariat immediately responded to media requests for more information.School attacks in Brazil had been uncommon, but have begun happening with greater frequency in recent years.
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