Suspect killed after 13 kindergarteners taken hostage, beaten in Brazil | Crime News | Al Jazeera

Brazilian police rescued 13 children held hostage at a kindergarten in Curitiba after killing the suspect who threatened to set fire to the building. The suspect, suffering from schizophrenia, broke into a classroom, armed with a knife and a fake firearm, and spread a flammable substance. Negotiations lasted up to three hours, but the police had to neutralize him when the children were physically assaulted by the attacker.