Arrested the confessed perpetrator of the attacks on schools in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo

MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Brazilian authorities have arrested a 16-year-old teenager who has been identified as the confessed perpetrator of the shootings that took place on Friday in two schools in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, in the east of the country, which left three dead and 13 injured. .

According to the State Health Secretariat, right now there are five people (three adults and two children) in a very serious condition, so the number of deaths could increase in the next few hours.

The attacks occurred specifically against the Primo Bitti State Primary and Secondary School (EEEFM) and the private school of Praia de Coqueiral. First, the assailant invaded the state school with a gun and shot several times in the staff room. Two of them were killed instantly and at least nine others were injured.

The attacker then left the place in a car and headed for the Praia de Coqueiral private school, where he killed a student and injured two other people, according to the Secretary of Public Security and Social Defense of the state of Espírito Santo, Colonel Marcio Celante.

After his arrest, the young man, a former student of the Primo Bitti school, confessed to the crime to the Police and assured that he had been planning these attacks for two years, as reported by the state governor, Renato Casagrande, although it has not yet been revealed. to know the reason.

The teenager used a weapon that belonged to his father, a lieutenant of the Espírito Santo Military Police, and also stole his car to go from school to school.

According to the police authorities, the young man's parents collaborated so that the son turned himself in to the Police.