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List of school attacks in Brazil

This is a chronological list of shootings, stabbings, and similar attacks in Brazil that have occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities. Excluded from this list are incidents that solely occurred as a result of police actions, organized crime disputes, and suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

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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 Oliveira 1[n 1] 7 Macaúbas School shooting: 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[n 1] 8 Taiúva school shooting: A former student shot and wounded 8 of his classmates before committing suicide.[4][5]
4 February 2004 Remanso Unnamed 2 3 A 17-year-old shot and killed a 13-year-old student who had previously ridiculed him, and then forced a taxi driver to take him to a nearby school. There, he shot and killed a 23-year-old and wounded two others before being subdued by students. A woman, afraid of getting shot, jumped out of a window in the third floor and broke her legs.[6]
7 April 2011 Realengo Wellington Menezes de Oliveira 13[n 2] 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 David Mota Nogueira 1[n 1] 1 A 10-year-old student entered a room using a firearm and shot a teacher, before leaving the room and committing suicide.[7][8][9]
11 April 2012 João Pessoa Unnamed 0 3 A student shot at people at a state school in João Pessoa, slightly injuring three students.[10]
4 July 2013 Belo Horizonte Alexandre Esteves dos Santos 0 2 A 19-year-old man shot two students at a school in Belo Horizonte.[11]
22 July 2014 Ituiutaba Igor Henrique da Silva 1[n 1] 2 A 17-year-old armed with a machete entered the Escola Municipal Machado de Assiand and began threatening students in the courtyard before taking a 13-year-old student with whom he had previously ended a relationship and dragged her into the cafeteria, where he began threatening to kill her. Upon arrival of first responders, they attempted negotiations for 40 minutes, but were unsuccessful, at which point he was shot in the head by a police officer and died shortly thereafter. A police officer was wounded in the hand by Silva, who was agitated, when he tried to take the machete from his hand, and the 13-year-old student who was being held hostage by Silva was wounded in the neck.[12]
5 October 2017 Janaúba Damião Soares dos Santos 14[n 2] 37 Janaúba massacre: A 50-year-old janitor burned down a daycare, killing himself in the process. The motive for the attack is unknown.
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.
6 November 2017 Alexânia Unnamed 1 0 A 19-year-old man killed a 16-year-old girl who had previously rejected his romantic proposals.[13]
28 September 2018 Medianeira Unnamed 0 2 Two 15-year-old students shot and wounded two of his classmates as a response to bullying before being arrested by police.[14]
13 March 2019 Suzano Guilherme Taucci Monteiro
Luiz Henrique de Castro 		10[n 3] 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.
21 August 2019 Charqueadas Unnamed 0 7 At around 1:30 pm, a 17-year-old teenager entered the back doors of the Instituto Estadual Educacional Assis Chateaubrian, where he threw a Molotov cocktail that exploded, but did not injure anyone. Soon after, he teenager began hitting the victims with a hatchet. A physical education teacher, noticing the attack, entered the room and immobilized the teenager, who managed to free himself and flee the institution, jumping over the school wall. The teenager was later apprehended. Six students aged 12 to 14 and a teacher were hit, but none suffered serious injuries.[15]
7 November 2019 Caraí Unnamed 0 2 A student invaded a school in Caraí using a firearm, injuring two students in the process.[16]
29 March 2021 Americana Unnamed 0 2[n 2] A 13-year-old boy entered the Dom Bosco Salesian School in Americana, armed with an air gun, explosives and a hammer. The boy went to the first floor of the institution, where he tried to use the explosives, but failed. He then fired shots that hit a female employee in the back. Soon after, the student tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head three times with the air gun, but failed and was apprehended.[17]
4 May 2021 Saudades Fabiano Kipper Mai 5 2[n 2] Saudades massacre: An 18-year-old man attacked a nursery school with a katana and firecrackers, killing three infants and two staff members along with injuring another infant.
19 August 2022 Vitória Henrique Lira Trad 0 3 An 18-year-old ex-student infiltrated Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Eber Louzada Zippinotti, shooting at multiple teachers with a crossbow before being tackled by students and arrested a few minutes later. A bag with knives, Molotov cocktails, homemade bombs, 2 crossbows, and arrows was found near the school. He said he wanted to kill at least 6 or 7 people and die in a shootout with police.
26 September 2022 Barreiras Isaac Silva Chagas 1 1[n 1] A 14-year-old student attacked a wheelchair-bound teenage student with a revolver and machete before being injured by responding police officers and taken into custody.[18]
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.[19][20]
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.
Colatina Unnamed 0 4 A 15-year-old student entered the Escola 1º Grau Cleres Martins Moreira. The student walked through the hallways with a homemade box cutter, stabbing four students in the face right after recess. An intern and a teacher who were present managed to restrain the student. [21]
27 March 2023 São Paulo Guilherme Ricardo 1 4 São Paulo school stabbing [pt]: A 13-year-old student entered the Escola Estadual Thomazia Montoro armed with a knife and began attacking the teachers and students who were at the institution. Elizabeth Tenreiro, a 71-year-old teacher, died after being stabbed in the back. Three other teachers and one classmate suffered minor injuries after being stabbed by the student. The student was restrained by a physical education teacher until the arrival of the Military Police.[22]
5 April 2023 Blumenau Luiz Henrique de Lima 4 5 2023 Blumenau school attack: A 25-year-old man attacked a daycare center with a hatchet, killing four children and injuring five others.
19 June 2023 Cambé Marcos Vinícius da Silva Damas 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.[23][24][25] He committed suicide in his prison cell two days later.
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.
18 October 2024 Heliópolis Samuel Santana Andrade 4[n 2] 0 A 14-year-old student fatally shot three people before committing suicide. The motive is currently under investigation.[26]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Only the perpetrator.
  2. ^ a b c d e Including the perpetrator.
  3. ^ Including both perpetrators.

References

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  2. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Violência: Estudante mata colega em escola de Limeira - 07/03/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ^ "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.
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  12. ^ Mineiro, Alex Rocha e Brenda Coelho Do G1 Triângulo (2014-07-22). "Adolescente faz menina refém em escola e é morto por PM em MG". Triângulo Mineiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  21. ^ "Adolescente esfaqueia alunos em escola de Colatina, ES, e aulas são suspensas". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
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