8 killed in mass shooting in southern Brazil school

[Judi Lynn]

1. Inspired by Columbine, Brazil pair kill eight and themselves in school shooting

MARCH 13, 2019 / 8:37 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

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SUZANO, Brazil (Reuters) - Two former students opened fire at a Brazilian school on Wednesday and killed at least five teenagers as well as two school officials before committing suicide in an attack that police said was inspired by the 1999 Columbine massacre in the United States.

Before entering the Raul Brasil school in Suzano near Sao Paulo, the former pupils aged 17 and 25 shot and killed the younger assailant’s uncle, who owned a car rental agency where they stole a vehicle.

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Police identified the assailants as Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, 17, and Luiz Henrique de Castro, 25. The 17-year-old was the leader and main planner, an investigator said.

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An amateur video aired by Globo TV showed children screaming, running and begging for their lives as loud shots were heard.

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The two assailants spent more than a year planning their attack, which they “hoped would draw more attention than the Columbine massacre,” an investigator said on condition of anonymity. In the 1999 attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two students killed 13 people.

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