All the victims were 12 or 13 years old, police and the fire department in the central city of Goiana said initially. (Picture: AFP/ O Popular Newspaper)

A schoolboy shot dead his classmates at school this afternoon after pulling a gun from his backpack.

The 14-year-old shot dead two children and wounded four more at Colegio Goyases school in Goiania, central Brazil, the emergency services said.

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All the victims were 12 or 13 years old, police and the fire department in the central city of Goiana said initially.

However, police investigators said that the suspected shooter, who was arrested, was 14 and that students shot could be anywhere from 11 to 16.


It was also reported that the teenager was ‘being bullied for not using deodorant’ prior to the shooting.

The boy shot at classmates during their break (Picture: AFP/ O Popular Newspaper)

Two were killed (Picture: AFP/ O Popular Newspaper)

A Military Police officer comforts a woman at the scene (Picture: AFP/ O Popular Newspaper)

Peeople gather outside the Goyases private school in Goiania (Picture: AFP/ O Popular Newspaper)

The incident happened at Colegio Goyases school (Picture: Google)

Speaking on Globo television, a police officer said the assailant was the son of a policeman and that the pistol used was police-issue.



A unidentified witness said: ‘At break time, he took the gun out of his bag and began shooting. Then everyone began to run.’

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Another witness told a local TV station: ‘He just starting shooting at everyone in the class. I held my friend’s hand. I didn’t know what to do.’

The two children killed were named as Joao Vitor Gomes and Joao Pedro Calembo.

The four injured include three girls and a boy.

The teenager remains in custody.