In devastating news a gunman has walked into his former school and opened fire killing ten students. In a swift rampage Wellington Menezes de Oliveira has given ten children no future and many families a great deal of hurt.

Students killed in school shooting rampage in Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Herald Sun, 8th April 2011

"A heavily armed man has entered his former Rio school and opened fire, killing 10 children and wounding 18 people before taking his own life, officials say in a tragedy that has shaken Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro state's health department chief, Sergio Cortes, presented the new toll for the attack on Thursday, revising it downward from 13 dead and 22 wounded announced earlier by fire officials in the chaotic few hours after the attack.

Authorities identified the shooter as 24-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, a former student at the public school.

Police said he left a letter saying he wanted to commit suicide, but they also said he appeared to have prepared for a major deadly assault, bringing into the school two revolvers and loads of ammunition just as students and staff were arriving at the morning bell.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said she was "shocked and disturbed" by the shooting.

"Innocent children lost their lives and their future," she said in a brief television appearance...."

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