Campinas massacre

Campinas massacre
Campinas.
Location22°54′22.6″S 47°05′40.2″W / 22.906278°S 47.094500°W / -22.906278; -47.094500
Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil
Date31 December 2016 (2016-12-31)
Around 23:50 (BRST (UTC-02:00))
Attack type
Familicide, Mass murder–suicide, Filicide
Weapons
Deaths13 (including the perpetrator)
Injured3
PerpetratorSidnei Ramis de Araujo[3]
MotiveCustody Battle

Around 23:50 BRST on 31 December 2016 (1:50 GMT on 1 January 2017), a man named Sidnei Araujo entered a home where a New Year's party was taking place and opened fire at the gathering with a Walther P5 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Araujo killed 12 people, including his estranged wife and his eight-year-old son, and wounded three others before committing suicide by shooting 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 apologized for something that would happen, without indicating specifically what it would be.[4] It remains tied with the 1997 Santo Antônio do Potengi massacre and the 2011 Rio de Janeiro school shooting as the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in Brazilian history.

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References

  1. ↑ "ARMED VIOLENCE, POLICE VIOLENCE AND THE ARMS TRADE IN BRAZIL" (PDF). February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Redação G1 Campinas e Região (1 January 2017). "'Ficamos na dúvida se eram tiros ou fogos', diz testemunha de chacina". G1 Campinas e Região. Retrieved May 30, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Gunman Kills At Least 11 People In Brazil New Year's Party Mass Shooting". Reuters. HuffPost. January 1, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Brazil gunman kills ex-wife, son and 10 others in Campinas". BBC News. January 1, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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