Realengo rampage

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The Tasso da Silveira school in Realengo, shortly after the crime

The Realengo rampage took place on April 7, 2011 at the Tasso da Silveira school in Realengo , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . Twelve students and the assassin were killed and 15 other people were injured, some seriously. This rampage is considered the first violent crime of its kind in Brazil that is not associated with a gang .

The 23-year-old lone perpetrator Wellington Menezes de Oliveira had entered the school on the pretext that he wanted to give a lecture there. He then drew two firearms, went to a classroom on the first floor, and began shooting at the students. Panic then broke out in the school ; Teachers barricaded the doors and told students to throw themselves on the floor. While the perpetrator was looking for more victims on the second floor, an injured student got help from traffic policemen near the school. One of the policemen managed to stop the assassin with a shot in the abdomen. De Oliveira fell to the ground and then killed himself with one of his weapons.

It later emerged that the assassin had attended the Tasso da Silveira School between 1999 and 2002 and then worked for a number of years in the warehouse of a food company until he became unemployed in August 2010. How de Oliveira came into possession of the weapons and ammunition has not yet been clarified.

The local authorities informed the population on April 8th that the school would be closed from April 8th to 15th. The Brazilian President , Dilma Rousseff , asked her compatriots to observe a minute's silence and ordered a three-day state mourning .

Web links

Commons : Realengo rampage  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. (dpa, AFP): Brazil. At least 13 dead after a school rampage . On: Zeit Online , April 7, 2011; Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. a b c Josef Oehrlein: rampage in Rio. "I will kill you" . On: FAZ.NET , April 8, 2011; Retrieved April 9, 2011.

Coordinates: 22 ° 53 ′ 1.8 ″  S , 43 ° 25 ′ 2.7 ″  W.