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At Least 13 Dead In Brazil School Shooting

   VOA News  April 07, 2011
   A student reacts as she tells her schoolmates that she saw dead bodies
   inside their school after a shooting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April
   7, 2011

Photo: AP

   A student reacts as she tells her schoolmates that she saw dead bodies
   inside their school after a shooting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April
   7, 2011

   Brazilian authorities say a gunman opened fire at an elementary school
   in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leaving 13 people dead and at least 20
   wounded.
   Brazil's TV Globo News reported that a fire department spokesman
   identified the shooter as a 24-year-old who was believed to be a former
   student. He was among the dead and it is unclear whether he was killed
   by police or committed suicide.
   The victims included students and staff at the public school.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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