Four children from a kindergarten were killed
in an attack that took place today in Blumenau, a city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
According to the military police, there are also four wounded, one of which is in serious condition.
The episode occurred in the early hours of the morning in the Cantinho Bom Pastor private nursery school, reports the G1 news portal.
A 25-year-old man would have entered the facility with an ax and attacked the children, before handing himself over to the authorities, said the police chief of Santa Catarina, Ulisses Gabriel.