Attempted attack at school: in Rio, student threatens classmates with knife but is restrained

The minor was allegedly restrained by employees of the educational institution when he tried to stab his classmates inside the school.

Firefighters tell the g1 who were called at 14:35 pm in case of “assault with a knife”, but, according to witnesses, no one was injured.

Attacks on schools in Brazil: how can minors be held responsible?

The spread of hate speech, easier access to weapons and the radicalization of youth are some of the causes pointed out by experts for the repetition of attacks on Brazilian schools. In the most recent case, this Monday (27), a 13-year-old teenager killed a teacher and injured four other people at the school he studied in Vila Sônia, in São Paulo. Understand what happens to the minors involved in these episodes.

This Monday (27), a 13-year-old teenager killed a teacher and injured four other people at the school he attended, in Vila Sônia, in São Paulo.

In an interview with Estadão, Telma Vinha, specialist in school coexistence and ethical training, who researches violence in schools at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), stated that there is no public policy in Brazil to prevent new attacks and warned: “It will happen again, we just don't know where”.

Today, unfortunately, we already know where: this time it was in Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazil has had 23 violent attacks on schools since 2002, says unprecedented study by Unicamp

A study carried out by the Institute of Advanced Studies at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), published by the G1 website, recorded 23 records of extreme violent attacks in schools in Brazil in the last 20 years. This Monday (27) a teenager stabbed and killed a teacher, in addition to leaving 5 injured. The only reason the tragedy did not have a greater death toll was because two teachers managed to immobilize the young man and remove the knife, until the military police arrived.

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