A 23 year old on Thursday caused a slaughter in his former school in Rio de Janeiro. Armed with two revolvers, Menezes de Oliveira Wellington opened fire inside the municipal school Tasso de Silveira, killed 13 students and ended up committing suicide by being struck by several police officers patrolling the area.
The shooting also left 18 wounded, including children and workers. The former student entered the building, located in the neighborhood of Realengo, in western Rio, under the pretext of giving a lecture. As a sweeper who witnessed the scene, Wellington came to a classroom where 40 children attending a Portuguese class after eight in the morning.
"Without a word, drew a pistol from his backpack and started shooting. The police arrived and he tried to climb to the next floor. When he saw that he was surrounded, shot himself in the head," said Rafael Porto Dorival reporters Brazilian. "With the echoes, it seemed that something was falling apart," said another worker.
"Everyone was running, was desperate," he said. Wellington left a letter expressing their "determination to commit suicide after the tragedy, as eventually happened. The note, written in a "confusing" and "without logic", the author of the massacre gave instructions for his funeral and said he was HIV positive.
The dead are 12 girls and a boy aged between 12 and 14, besides their assailant, according to the Ministry of Health, Government of Rio. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, most with bullet wounds to the chest and head. Doctors improvised a room also address the parents and relatives.
The mayor of the future Olympic city, Eduardo Paes, the state governor, Sergio Cabral, and the Civil Police Chief, Martha Rocha, went to school immediately after being informed. Meanwhile, the Brazilian presidential spokesman, Rodrigo Baena, said Dilma Rousseff is "dismayed" with what happened in Crown and follow the information "with grave concern." At noon, the head of State was about to break to mourn the request a moment of silence during a ceremony in the capital to celebrate the registration of one million entrepreneurs in a federal program. 
The shooting also left 18 wounded, including children and workers. The former student entered the building, located in the neighborhood of Realengo, in western Rio, under the pretext of giving a lecture. As a sweeper who witnessed the scene, Wellington came to a classroom where 40 children attending a Portuguese class after eight in the morning.
"Without a word, drew a pistol from his backpack and started shooting. The police arrived and he tried to climb to the next floor. When he saw that he was surrounded, shot himself in the head," said Rafael Porto Dorival reporters Brazilian. "With the echoes, it seemed that something was falling apart," said another worker.
"Everyone was running, was desperate," he said. Wellington left a letter expressing their "determination to commit suicide after the tragedy, as eventually happened. The note, written in a "confusing" and "without logic", the author of the massacre gave instructions for his funeral and said he was HIV positive.
The dead are 12 girls and a boy aged between 12 and 14, besides their assailant, according to the Ministry of Health, Government of Rio. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, most with bullet wounds to the chest and head. Doctors improvised a room also address the parents and relatives.
The mayor of the future Olympic city, Eduardo Paes, the state governor, Sergio Cabral, and the Civil Police Chief, Martha Rocha, went to school immediately after being informed. Meanwhile, the Brazilian presidential spokesman, Rodrigo Baena, said Dilma Rousseff is "dismayed" with what happened in Crown and follow the information "with grave concern." At noon, the head of State was about to break to mourn the request a moment of silence during a ceremony in the capital to celebrate the registration of one million entrepreneurs in a federal program.
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