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Two men have been arrested for selling one of two guns used in the mass murder of 12 Rio school children and wounding a dozen more... by a 24-year-old gunman who then killed himself.
The police report the two men accused sold a gun for 260 reais/some $165 usd, clearing 60 reais/ $38.
Police say the morning massacre at the Tasso da Silveira school was committed by Wellington Menezes de Oliveira (pictured below), a former student. He reportedly left a rambling and incoherent letter saying he wanted to commit suicide.
“It is a massacre, a true massacre,” said a fireman. “There is blood on the walls, blood on the chairs.... I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s like something in the United States.”
There were more than 400 students were in classes when the massacre began between 8:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. All the victims were 12-14 years of age.
The GUARDIAN adds: Mateus Moraes, 13, told the O Dia newspaper that Oliveira had deliberately killed a number of girls but spared the boys. "He killed the girls with shots to the head," Moraes said. "The boys, he just shot to injure, in the arms or the legs.
