Municipal Education Secretary Gisela Hermann described a “horror scene” on the facility in Saudades, a city in Santa Catarina state. She advised Reuters in a phone interview {that a} feminine trainer and an academic assistant had been among the many useless.
She added that different youngsters would probably be hospitalized on account of the attack.
Silvia Fernandes dos Santos, an area college board official, stated the attack occurred round 10 a.m. native time. The teenager was taken into police custody after making an attempt to kill himself, she stated.
“He tried to … take his own life, but he couldn’t. So he was sent to the nearest hospital to be transferred. People were very angry, and they wanted to deliver their own justice,” dos Santos advised Reuters through phone.
Police in the town of Chapecó, close to Saudades, stated they had been investigating the incident, however couldn’t present any info instantly. Santa Catarina’s state public safety division didn’t reply to a request for remark.
