Brazil police rescue 13 children held hostage, assailant dead
RIO DE JANEIRO: Police in Brazil on Friday rescued 13 children who had been taken hostage at their kindergarten and killed the assailant who threatened to set fire to the building, officials said.
On Friday, Brazilian police rescued 13 children who had been held hostage at a kindergarten in Curitiba, southern Brazil. The assailant responsible for the hostage situation was killed during an intense negotiation that lasted between two and a half and three hours. The incident occurred at the municipal education center for young children when the attacker, who arrived on a bicycle and barricaded himself in a room, threatened to set the building ablaze.
He was carrying a knife and what was initially thought to be a firearm, but was later discovered to be fake. The attacker had schizophrenia and his motive remains unclear. One of the 13 children was injured during the ordeal. The rescued children are now safe and sound.
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