In Brazil’s twin school shootings, three people were killed and 11 were injured

According to officials, at least three people were killed and 11 others were injured Friday when a 16-year-old shooter wearing Nazi symbols opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil.

The shooter opened fire on a group of teachers at his former school, killing two and injuring nine others, according to authorities in Aracruz, Espirito Santo state.

According to officials, he then left that school, a public primary and secondary school, and went to a nearby private school, where he killed an adolescent girl and injured two others.

According to Governor Renato Casagrande, who has declared three days of mourning in the state, the shooter has been apprehended.

“He was a 16-year-old minor at (the first) school until June.” His family then transferred him to a new school. During a press conference, Casagrande stated, “We have information that he was receiving psychiatric treatment.”

He stated that as a result of their injuries, some of the survivors’ lives were still in danger.

“We’re rooting for them and hoping for the best,” he said.

The shooter was seen running into the school while dressed in military camouflage and brandishing a gun, according to security camera footage shown on Brazilian television. He then dashed through the corridors, frightening the staff as he opened fire.

He was wearing a swastika on his fatigues, according to investigators, and they were looking into whether he was affiliated with any extremist groups.

Officials say the shooter, a police officer’s son, used two handguns in the attack, one of which was his service weapon and the other a privately registered weapon.

According to Casagrande, the boy appeared to have planned the attack meticulously, breaking in through a locked door and avoiding the school’s security guard.

According to the governor, he then opened fire in the teachers’ lounge, the first room he came to.

“He was on the lookout for people to shoot.” He explained, “He opened fire on the first people he saw.”

The suspect appeared to have planned the attack for “two years,” according to civil police commissioner Joao Francisco Filho, and did not appear to have a “definite target.”

Investigators were seen carrying victims’ bodies in coffins and loading them into police trucks outside the school, which was cordoned off with crime scene tape, according to an AFP photographer.

The city has a population of around 100,000 people.