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Macaúbas school shooting
Macaúbas is located in Brazil
Macaúbas
Macaúbas
Macaúbas (Brazil)
LocationAloyiso Short State School, Macaúbas, Bahia, Brazil
Date6 August 2001
c. 8:00 a.m.
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting
WeaponShotgun
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)
Injured7
PerpetratorRobério Souza de Oliveira
MotiveUnknown

The Macaúbas school shooting was a school shooting that occurred at Aloyiso Short State School (now CETEP) in Macaúbas, Bahia, Brazil, on 6 August 2001. 18-year-old Robério Souza de Oliveira shot six students and a teacher with a shotgun at a school in Macaúbas, after the shooting the perpetrator fled and committed suicide.[1][2][3][4]

Shooting

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At around 8 a.m., unemployed farmer Robério Souza de Oliveira, 18, jumped over the wall of the Aloyiso Short State School. Having gained access to the premises, Oliveira went to a classroom without saying anything. Oliveira began shooting at the students, injuring six students aged between 14 and 17. Teacher Adriana Cássia Beatriz Bastos Pinto was also wounded during the attack. Oliveira fled the school and went to a nearby hill, where he was surrounded by the police. Soon after, Oliveira killed himself with a shot to the head. The weapon used in the attack was a shotgun.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Bahia: Agricultor invade escola, fere 7 e se mata - 07/08/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ Rapaz atira em alunos e se mata, Jornal do Brasil (August 7, 2001)
  3. ^ "Agricultor invade escola e atira contra alunos na Bahia - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: nacional". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2001-08-06. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  4. ^ "Folha Online - Cotidiano - Agricultor de 18 anos invade escola na Bahia, fere 7 à bala e se suicida - 06/08/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2024-07-10.