Campinas massacre

Campinas massacre
Campinas.
Location Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil
Coordinates 22°54′22.6″S 47°05′40.2″W / 22.906278°S 47.094500°W / -22.906278; -47.094500
Date December 31, 2016
shortly before 24:00 (UTC-03:00)
Attack type
 Familicide
Mass murder–suicide
Weapons Walther P5 9mm Pistol
Deaths 13 (including perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
 3
Perpetrator Sidney Araujo
Motive Uncertain. Believed to be motivated by anger over separation with wife.

Shortly before midnight on December 31st 2016, a man named Sidney Araujo entered a home where a New Year's party was taking place and opened fire at the gathering with a 9mm Walther P5 semi-automatic handgun. The perpetrator killed 12 and wounded 3, shooting dead his estranged wife, his 8-year-old son, and 10 other relatives before killing himself. Although the crime is under investigation, the motive is believed to be anger over separation with his wife. A recording of Araujo was later found in his car in which he apologizes for something that would happen, without indicating specifically what it would be.[1]

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  1. ↑ https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazil-New-Years-Shooter-Kills-12-Including-Ex-Wife-and-Son-20170101-0001.html
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