Two people have opened fire inside a school near Sao Paulo, killing eight people - including four children - before turning the guns on themselves.
Two shooters opened fire inside a school near Sao Paulo on Wednesday, killing eight people including four children before turning their weapons on themselves, authorities said.
Around 15 others were injured in the shooting, which took place at the Raul Brasil public school in Suzano, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo in southeast Brazil."It's the saddest thing I've ever seen," Mr Doria added.He said it was not yet known whether the assailants were former pupils at the school. Mr Sales said the two attackers"shot at the owner of a car wash," who is now receiving hospital treatment, before entering the school.Website UO1 said the two killers,"probably teenagers, entered the school shooting with their heads covered by a hood."
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