Brazil - Tragedy in Realengo

Alumnus raided on the morning of Thursday, the Municipal School Tasso da Silveira, Realengo, fired several shots that would hit at least 15 students. Three children died. The shooter would Menezes de Oliveira Wellington. He was shot in the leg before killing himself. According to Fernandes, the Detro tax, which was an operation in the region, Wellington left a letter explaining the reasons of the bombing. The letter has not been announced.The Detro was doing an operation to combat smuggling, with three cars nearby. The tax had the support of the police Traffic Police Battalion.- A boy shot in the face came for help and telling a guy who entered the school shooting. A team rescued the boy, and two others went to school.Once there, Sergeant Ahmed approached the gunman, who was on the second floor, climbing to third. The policeman fired a shot in the leg and told him of the criminal to surrender. Then the man shot himself in the head - said Fernandes.Firefighters took the victims to two hospitals in the region, one of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital.The gari Dorival Porto Rafael, who was in school at the time of the shooting said the gunman walked into a room of eighth grade, where about 40 students attended the Portuguese class.- He entered the school saying it would give a lecture. It was a room for the eighth grade, which is on the first floor, and wordlessly drew a pistol from her purse and began firing. The police arrived and he tried to climb to the second floor when he saw that he was surrounded, shot in the head. No employee can approach, only the police are on site - said in a telephone interview.A crowd of parents and curious about school. The General Rua Bernadino de Matos, where is the teaching unit is closed. There is much wailing and despair because the relatives have no information about what happened. During the confusion, many children ran away.Maria do Carmo Pereira, who lives near the school, told GloboNews TV that he heard many shots:- There were many shots. Need not know how long, but I think about five minutes. There are lots of ambulances and police cars here - he said.Another neighbor, Marcelo Alves, said he saw children shot in the head:- I was coming home around 8h10m and saw the mess in front of the school. I saw several children, between ten and 15, shot out. I saw at least three that were shot in the head. I can say that it looked like they were dead. And as the ambulance was away, the children were leaving in the arms of the people and the police. Many went to the hospital the police cars and private cars - said Marcelo Alves, security of 50 years who lives about 100 yards from the school.The city Department of Education has not yet ruled on the case, but said that representatives from the school were to investigate the incident and take appropriate action. The Safety Department also did not rule on the case.