<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 16-year-old attacked children in a school in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brazil" rel="" target="" title="Brazil's"><span>Brazil's</span></a><span> southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, killing a 9-year-old boy, authorities said. The attacker was arrested shortly after.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another child and a teacher were also injured in the attack in the Estacao municipality, police said in a statement. The teen used a knife, according to local news outlet G1.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The motive was not immediately clear and an investigation was underway, police said. The teen had no criminal record and police did not release his identity or other details.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-pharmaceutical-tariffs-copper-import-taxes-us-politics-news/63d66e95-1a2d-470b-bd5f-d96f1a4c4133" rel="" target="" title="Trump threatens to double taxes on Australia's second biggest export"><strong><span>Trump threatens to double taxes on Australia's second biggest export</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Estacao Mayor Geverson Zimmermann told local radio Uirapuru that the 16-year-old was known by teachers and that he was undergoing psychological treatment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Teachers let him in after he said he was dropping off a resume, Zimmermann said. “The boy was stabbed several times in the thorax region and he ended up not surviving.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Estacao’s town hall said that following the attack, classes were suspended across the area for an undetermined period.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/a-teenager-attacks-children-in-a-school-in-brazil-killing-a-9yearold/c951185c-9681-41e6-9dfb-434f025dee8d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“What happened cannot be normalised, downplayed, or forgotten,” Gov. Eduardo Leite said on X, adding that he would strengthen strategies for protection and care in schools.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>School attacks in Brazil have happened with greater frequency in recent years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2023, four children were killed after a man with a hatchet burst into a day care centre in the neighbouring state of Santa Catarina.</span></div></div>