A man is killed by Brazilian police after holding 13 children hostage at a kindergarten/daycare centre in Curitiba, in the country’s south. The suspect is reported to have been armed with a knife and to have threatened self-harm using flammable liquid while police attempt negotiations.
Multiple outlets report that the police end the standoff by intervening and that all 13 children are taken out safely and are not injured. Local footage and accounts describe tearful parents waiting outside the school while negotiations take place and children are later released. Police officials quoted by one outlet say officers decided to “neutralise” the suspect after hearing cries from inside and observing no alternative, without providing further detail about how he is killed. The suspect’s motive is not reported across the coverage.
The outlets differ mainly in wording and incident emphasis—some describe the event as a police “rescue,” others as the suspect being “killed by police”—but they broadly agree on the number of children, the location in Curitiba, the duration of the hostage situation (around two hours or more), and that the children survive.
