A police officer stands guard as locals gather outside the police station where the perpetrator of two school shootings is being held in Aracruz, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
BRASILIA, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a twin school shooting in Brazil rose to four Saturday after a teacher wounded in the attack by a 16-year-old shooter wearing Nazi symbols died from her injuries, officials said.
Authorities in the city of Aracruz, in Espirito Santo state, had said some of the around 10 wounded, including three teachers and a student, were in serious condition after the Friday attack that shocked the country, which has seen a rise in school shootings in recent years.
“With deep regret we confirm the death of another victim, teacher Flavia Amboss Mercon,” tweeted state Governor Renato Casagrande, who had declared three days of mourning in Espirito Santo.
The shooter was a former student at the public school he targeted first, where he fired on a group of teachers, killing two people and wounding some nine others. He then went to a nearby private school where he killed an adolescent girl and left several more people wounded.
He has been arrested and will face charges of murder and attempted aggravated murder, Espirito Santo police said.
Relatives of the other three people killed held wakes on Saturday, according to Brazilian media.
The attack was the 12th school shooting in Brazil since 2002, according to research institute Sou da Paz.
Officials said the shooter, a policeman’s son, used two handguns in the attack, both registered to his father — one being his service firearm, and the other being a privately registered weapon. — NNN-AGENCIES
