International Desk: A man with a hatchet burst into a day care center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children, authorities said, in an attack that shook the country and put pressure on the government to curb a rising tide of violence, reports The Associated Press. <\/p>\n
At least four other children were wounded in the attack in Blumenau, a city of 366,000 in southern Brazil, near the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n
The assailant, who got inside by jumping over a wall, turned himself in at a police station, officials said. He did not appear to have any connection with the center, which offers nursery services, preschool education and after-school activities. The dead were between the ages of 5 and 7, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Authorities were searching for a motive, the police detective leading the investigation, Ronnie Esteves, told television reporters.<\/p>\n
Hours after the attack, the justice and education ministers pledged to invest in new violence-prevention efforts.<\/p>\n
Valeria Aparecida Camilo, the mother of 5-year-old girl at the center, said she was working when a colleague saw the news. She called her husband, Gustavo, who rushed to the school and later learned that his daughter had survived.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe moment I saw her, it was a relief,\u201d Gustavo Camilo told The Associated Press outside the center. \u201cBut we feel sorry for everything that has happened, with the other kids who wound up dying.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have no cruelty, they\u2019re kids,\u201d Valeria added. \u201cThey\u2019re 5 years old. What did a 5-year-old do to this person?\u201d<\/p>\n
Franciele Chequeto said one of the girls killed was friends with her 7-year-old son, Gabriel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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