Suzano massacre
School shooting in Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Suzano Massacre, also known as the Suzano school massacre, was a school shooting that took place on March 13, 2019, at the Professor Raul Brasil State School in the Brazilian municipality of Suzano, São Paulo State.
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Location | Escola Estadual Professor Raul Brasil, Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil |
Coordinates | 23.5344°S 46.3155°W / -23.5344; -46.3155 |
Date | 13 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-13) c. 9:40 a.m. (BRT (UTC-3)) |
Target | Students and staff at Professor Raul Brasil State School |
Attack type | School shooting, mass murder, murder–suicide, attempted bombing, shootout |
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Deaths | 10 (9 at the school, including both perpetrators; and Monteiro's uncle at a car shop) |
Injured | 11 |
Perpetrators | Guilherme Taucci Monteiro Luiz Henrique de Castro |
The perpetrators, 17-year-old Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and 25-year-old Luiz Henrique de Castro, both former students at the school, killed five students and two school employees. Before the attack, in a car shop near the school, the pair also killed Monteiro's uncle.[2] After the shooting, Monteiro killed his partner and then committed suicide.[3]
The attack was the second major and 2nd deadliest school shooting in Brazil, after the Realengo massacre in 2011.[4] It was the ninth time that this type of crime occurred in Brazilian schools.