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AT least four children have been killed after a man armed with an axe went on a rampage at a nursery in Brazil.
The 25-year-old, named locally as Luiz Henrique de Lima, arrived at the preschool in Blumenau in Santa Catarina on a motorbike before leaping over the wall and storming the building.
Horrified parents were seen weeping outside the school
A man armed with an axe stormed the preschool in Blumenau
Footage shared online showed emergency services at the scene
The attack at the Cantinho do Bom Pastor preschool left four children dead
TwitterA 25-year-old man, named locally as Luiz Henrique de Lima, handed himself in after the attack[/caption]
The attack happened on Wednesday morning at the Cantinho do Bom Pastor preschool in the Velha area.
Video footage shared online shows emergency services outside the school as parents escort their kids away.
Other footage too horrifying to show appears to show bodies under sheets in the playground.
The suspected attacker left four children – three boys and a girl – dead before turning himself in at a police station, authorities said.
The young victims were named as Bernardo Cunha Machado, five, Bernardo Padbt da Cunha, four, Larissa Maia Toldo, seven, and four-year-old Enzo Marchesin Barbosa, G1 reports.
A fifth child is said to be in serious condition while four other casualties were taken to Santo Antonio Hospital.
The hospital said the four injured children are up to two years old.
Police said a 25-year-old man responsible for the attack had been arrested.
The attacker had a history of violence and drugs, and had stabbed his stepfather in March 2021, cops added.
A brave teacher Simone Aparecida Camargo told NSC TV how she tried to save her class by hiding the children in the bathroom.
She said: “We thought it was a robbery because he invaded the school, but I locked the babies in the bathroom, then they came to the door saying that he ‘he came to kill, he went to the park to kill.'”
The police are currently working to determine whether there are more people involved in the attack.
Images broadcast on television showed weeping parents outside the private daycare centre.
Worried parents were pictured people waiting behind a security cordon as an officer asked the crowd to remain calm.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called the attack a “monstrosity”, dubbing it an “unacceptable, absurd act of hate and cowardice” against “innocent, defenceless children,” in a Twitter post.
Santa Catarina state’s Gov. Jorginho Mello confirmed the killings in the city of Blumenau on his Twitter account.
“It is with immense sadness that I received the terrible news that the Good Shepherd preschool in Blumenau was invaded by a murderer who attacked children and employees.
“Unfortunately, four were killed,” he said in a statement, declaring three days of mourning.
Last week, a student in Sao Paulo stabbed a teacher, killing her, and also wounding several others.
“May God comfort the hearts of all families in this moment of deep pain,” Gov. Mello wrote on Twitter.
Blumenau, a city of 366,000 people, is famous for its annual Oktoberfest festival.
TwitterThe alleged killer was pictured behind bars[/caption]
A number of kids were also injured in the horror incident
The suspect was arrested shortly after the attack, police said
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21953342/ ... sery-dead/