# List of school attacks in Brazil

This is a chronological list of shootings, stabbings, and similar attacks in Brazil that have occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities. Excluded from this list are incidents that solely occurred as a result of police actions, organized crime disputes, and suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

## List

| Date | Location | Perpetrator(s) | Dead | Injured | Description |
| 11 December 1995 | São Paulo | Christian Hartmann | 2 | 1 | Christian Hartmann, A 21-year-old man, shot and killed his ex-girlfriend Renata Alves and injured her boyfriend Winston Goldoni in a computer lab in one of the buildings at a Polytechnic School in São Paulo before taking his own life. |
| 1 April 1996 | São Paulo | Antônio Carlos da Costa | 1 | 1 | After suffering physical aggression and persecution from four college colleagues, Antônio Carlos bought a . 38 revolver, according to him, for "self-defense", He had given up studying at college after the attack but decided to go back to continue his studies, however, according to him, the coordination began to "make him waste time again" he got angry and took out his .38 caliber revolver and started shooting, Professor Miguel Martins was fatally shot 3 times after trying to contain the shooter by closing the door, and the secretary Ivani de Oliveira was injured after being shot slightly. After that Antonio fled but was found and arrested. |
| 24 November 1997 | Taboão da Serra, São Paulo | Rodolfo Eduardo Kersul | 1 | 1 | During a discussion at the Escola de 1° e 2° Graus Alípio de Oliveira e Silva the shooter jumped over the wall of the school and attacked students in the courtyard of the institution. One friend of the shooter, Maurício Davi Masahraya Vardejo, tried to take his gun he ended up shooting himself in the abdomen. Kersul fatally shot himself in the head after. |
| 6 March 2001 | Limeira | R. H. E. S., | 1 | 3 | A 16-year-old teenager shot four students, killing one of them at a school in Limeira. |
| 6 August 2001 | Macaúbas | Robério Souza de Oliveira | 1 | 7 | Macaúbas School shooting: A farmer shot six students and a teacher with a shotgun at a school in Macaúbas, after the shooting the perpetrator fled and committed suicide. |
| 28 October 2002 | Jaguaribe | E. R. | 2 | 0 | Sigma School shooting: A student shot dead two of his classmates for bullying him. |
| 28 January 2003 | Taiúva | Edmar Aparecido Freitas | 1 | 8 | Taiúva school shooting: A former student shot and wounded 8 of his classmates before committing suicide. |
| 4 February 2004 | Remanso | Unnamed | 2 | 3 | A 17-year-old shot and killed a 13-year-old student who had previously ridiculed him, and then forced a taxi driver to take him to a nearby school. There, he shot and killed a 23-year-old and wounded two others before being subdued by students. A woman, afraid of getting shot, jumped out of a window in the third floor and broke her legs. |
| 19 May 2008 | Cariacica | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 20-year-old shot and injured a teacher before being arrested,the gun used was a revolver. |
| 7 April 2011 | Realengo | Wellington Menezes de Oliveira | 13 | 22 | Rio de Janeiro school shooting: A former student shot dead 12 people and wounded another 22 before being shot by police, at which point he committed suicide. |
| 22 September 2011 | São Caetano do Sul | David Mota Nogueira | 1 | 1 | A 10-year-old student entered a room using a firearm and shot a teacher, before leaving the room and committing suicide. |
| 11 April 2012 | João Pessoa | Unnamed | 0 | 3 | A student shot at people at a state school in João Pessoa, slightly injuring three students. |
| 4 July 2013 | Belo Horizonte | Alexandre Esteves dos Santos | 0 | 2 | A 19-year-old man shot two students at a school in Belo Horizonte. |
| 22 July 2014 | Ituiutaba | Igor Henrique da Silva | 1 | 2 | A 17-year-old armed with a machete entered the Escola Municipal Machado de Assiand and began threatening students in the courtyard before taking a 13-year-old student with whom he had previously ended a relationship and dragged her into the cafeteria, where he began threatening to kill her. Upon arrival of first responders, they attempted negotiations for 40 minutes, but were unsuccessful, at which point he was shot in the head by a police officer and died shortly thereafter. A police officer was wounded in the hand by Silva, who was agitated, when he tried to take the machete from his hand, and the 13-year-old student who was being held hostage by Silva was wounded in the neck. |
| 5 October 2017 | Janaúba | Damião Soares dos Santos | 14 | 37 | Janaúba massacre: A 50-year-old janitor burned down a daycare, killing himself in the process. The motive for the attack is unknown. |
| 20 October 2017 | Goiânia | Unnamed | 2 | 4 | Goyases School shooting: A 14-year-old student shot dead two of his classmates and wounded four others. |
| 6 November 2017 | Alexânia | Unnamed | 1 | 0 | A 19-year-old man killed a 16-year-old girl who had previously rejected his romantic proposals. |
| 28 September 2018 | Medianeira | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | Two 15-year-old students shot and wounded two of their classmates as a response to bullying before being arrested by police. |
| 13 March 2019 | Suzano | Guilherme Taucci Monteiro Luiz Henrique de Castro | 10 | 11 | Suzano massacre: Two former students killed one of the two's uncle, then shot dead another seven and wounding eleven students at the Professor Raul Brasil State School before committing a murder-suicide. |
| 21 August 2019 | Charqueadas | Unnamed | 0 | 7 | At around 1:30 pm, a 17-year-old teenager entered the back doors of the Instituto Estadual Educacional Assis Chateaubrian, where he threw a Molotov cocktail that exploded, but did not injure anyone. Soon after, he teenager began hitting the victims with a hatchet. A physical education teacher, noticing the attack, entered the room and immobilized the teenager, who managed to free himself and flee the institution, jumping over the school wall. The teenager was later apprehended. Six students aged 12 to 14 and a teacher were hit, but none suffered serious injuries. |
| 7 November 2019 | Caraí | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A student invaded a school in Caraí using a firearm, injuring two students in the process. |
| 29 March 2021 | Americana | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 13-year-old boy entered the Dom Bosco Salesian School in Americana, armed with an air gun, explosives and a hammer. The boy went to the first floor of the institution, where he tried to use the explosives, but failed. He then fired shots that hit a female employee in the back. Soon after, the student tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head three times with the air gun, but failed and was apprehended. |
| 4 May 2021 | Saudades | Fabiano Kipper Mai | 5 | 2 | Saudades massacre: An 18-year-old man attacked a nursery school with a katana and firecrackers, killing three infants and two staff members along with injuring another infant. |
| 19 August 2022 | Vitória | Henrique Lira Trad | 0 | 3 | Vitória school attack: An 18-year-old ex-student infiltrated Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Eber Louzada Zippinotti, shooting at multiple teachers with a crossbow before being tackled by students and arrested a few minutes later. A bag with knives, Molotov cocktails, homemade bombs, 2 crossbows, and arrows was found near the school. He said he wanted to kill at least 6 or 7 people and die in a shootout with police. |
| 26 September 2022 | Barreiras | Isaac Silva Chagas | 1 | 1 | A 14-year-old student attacked a wheelchair-bound teenage student with a revolver and machete before being injured by responding police officers and taken into custody. |
| 5 October 2022 | Sobral | Unnamed | 1 | 2 | A 15-year-old student invades a school in Sobral using a firearm, injuring two students and killing another one. |
| 25 November 2022 | Aracruz | Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni | 4 | 12 | Aracruz school shootings: A 16-year-old former student attacked two schools in his area, killing four and injuring twelve before he was arrested. |
| 25 November 2022 | Colatina | Unnamed | 0 | 4 | A 15-year-old student entered the Escola 1º Grau Cleres Martins Moreira. The student walked through the hallways with a homemade box cutter, stabbing four students in the face right after recess. An intern and a teacher who were present managed to restrain the student. |
| 27 March 2023 | São Paulo | Guilherme Ricardo de Carvalho Vieira | 1 | 4 | São Paulo school stabbing [pt]: A 13-year-old student entered the Escola Estadual Thomazia Montoro armed with a knife and began attacking the teachers and students who were at the institution. Elizabeth Tenreiro, a 71-year-old teacher, died after being stabbed in the back. Three other teachers and one classmate suffered minor injuries after being stabbed by the student. The student was restrained by a physical education teacher until the arrival of the Military Police. |
| 30 March 2023 | Belém | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed a colleague at Palmira Gabriel State School. Multiple other edge weapons were found in his backpack. |
| 5 April 2023 | Blumenau | Luiz Henrique de Lima | 4 | 5 | 2023 Blumenau school attack: A 25-year-old man attacked a daycare center with a hatchet, killing four children and injuring five others. |
| 19 June 2023 | Cambé | Marcos Vinícius da Silva Damas | 2 | 0 | A former student of an institution in Cambé shot and killed two students. Killing one of them instantly, while the other died the next day. He committed suicide in his prison cell two days later. |
| 10 October 2023 | Poços de Caldas | Unnamed | 1 | 3 | A 14-year-old former student arrived at the institution where he previously studied, with a kitchen knife. And he began stabbing the victims, aiming for their chests. Three students and a hall monitor were stabbed. One of them, 14-year-old Leonardo Willian da Silva, was struck and later died at a hospital. The former student dropped the knife and was immobilized by the students' parents until police arrived. |
| 23 October 2023 | Sapopemba | Lucas de Oliveira Tuci | 1 | 3 | Sapopemba State School shooting: A student shot at three students, killing one of them, before turning himself into police. |
| 20 March 2024 | Salto da Divisa | Unnamed | 0 | 4 | A 17-year-old student of Coronel Elpídio Alves Ferreira State School went to an empty classroom, where he took out a bottle of alcohol and threw it at the classroom curtain and set it on fire. As the fire spread to the curtain, students and staff ran into the hallway. The student pulled out two knives and stabbed three people. He then fell to the floor and began stabbing himself until he was restrained by the principal. |
| 17 June 2024 | Belo Horizonte | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 13-year-old autistic student armed with a knife stabbed a 12-year-old girl and her 11-year-old friend. Both victims ran to the principal's office for help. The attacker was then apprehended. |
| 18 October 2024 | Heliópolis | Samuel Santana Andrade | 4 | 0 | A 14-year-old student fatally shot three people before committing suicide. The motive is currently under investigation. |
| 17 December 2024 | Natal | Lyedja Yasmin SIlva Santos | 0 | 1 | A 19-year-old student shot a teacher, injuring a student nearby. She later claimed to have planned out a massacre and wanted to kill 10 people. |