Rio de Janeiro, Jan 1 (EFE).- A man opened fire at a New Year’s Eve party early Sunday in the Brazilian city of Campinas, killing 11 people, including his ex-wife and 9-year-old son, before turning the gun on himself, police said.

The unidentified gunman climbed over the wall of a house in the Jardim Aurelia section of Campinas, a city in the interior of Sao Paulo state, walked into the living room and opened fire with a pistol.

Three people wounded in the shooting were taken to Campinas University Hospital.

The 40-year-old gunman, who refused to accept the divorce proceedings with his wife, shot himself in the head after the shooting spree.

Eleven people – nine women, the gunman and the boy – were pronounced dead at the scene and one person died while being treated at the hospital. </s> Gunman Kills 11 Persons and Himself at a House Party over Separation from his Wife

A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the South-Eastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of São Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those […]

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Also, Like us on facebook </s> A gunman has stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas. Police in the state of Sao Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those killed.

Start the conversation, or Read more at The New Zealand Herald. </s> A gunman stormed a house party and killed 11 people, including his former wife and 8-year-old son, before shooting himself in the head during a New Year's party in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of Sao Paulo said the shooter, identified as 46-year-old Sidnei Ramis de Araujo, is believed to have been angry over a split with his wife, Isamara Filier, 41, and their son Joao Victor.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Reuters. </s> SAO PAULO – Brazilian military police say a man broke into a house where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed at least a dozen people before committing suicide.

Cpl. Marta Aurelia said Sunday that the man was carrying “several firearms.” His ex-wife was among the dead, and the others included her family members. The crime took place in the southeastern city of Campinas.

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Aurelia said 13 people were killed but was not sure if that total included the gunman. A further three were wounded.

Violence against women is prevalent in Brazil. In 2015, the government stiffened penalties for homicides of women or girls in which gender played a role. At the time, authorities said 15 women are killed daily in Brazil, often in situations of domestic violence. </s> A dad shot dead eleven people including his eight-year-old son and ex-wife in a New Year's Eve massacre.

Sidnei Araujo, 46, burst into a family party in Campinas, a city near Sao Paulo in Brazil, and went on a killing spree armed with a handgun.

He killed eleven people including his ex-wife Isamara Filier, with whom he had been locked in a bitter custody battle, and their son João Victor before turning the gun on himself.

One man was shot in the leg but survived by pretending to be dead, his sister said.

A teenager who was also at the party told O Globo TV station: "At first, I thought it was nothing, then I realised I had heard gunshots."

"I hid in the bathroom. He tried to break the door, but couldn't."

The other victims, who were all adults, included Isamara's 33-year-old brother Rafael.

Liliane Ferreira, who was hosting the party, was killed along with five of her relatives.

Her husband was wounded and remains in hospital.

Araujo left an audio message on his mobile phone apologising and blaming his ex-wife.

He was a government scientist at the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials and had studied at prestigious universities.

Friends have been left shocked by his actions.

One wrote online: "He's always been wonderful. We grew up together.

"You can not believe he did such outrage. He was an example of a person." </s> A violent ex-husband gunned down twelve people at a New Year’s Eve party, including his own young son.

Sidnei Ramis de Araújo, aged 46, had recently split from from Isamara Filier, aged 41, and entered the party in a rage.

Just before midnight he jumped over a wall, stormed the family home and shot at guests, armed with several guns at the house party in the Brazilian city of Campinas.

Fifteen people were wounded, twelve of them fatally, including his ex-wife and his eight-year-old son, João Victor.

The killer, a lab technician, reportedly shouted at his wife for taking custody of their son, spraying bullets at guests before turning the gun on himself.

Neighbours who heard the gunshots thought they were fireworks at first, Globo reported.

They realised the true horror of it when one of the injured guests appeared asking for help, covered in blood.

‘He rushed in calling help, help,’ a witness told the channel. ‘At the time we did not know if it was a robber, if he was armed. Then my uncle grabbed him, saw that he had no gun, that he really was only really hurt.’

Two of the men managed to survive by locking themselves in a bathroom, out of sight of the gunman.

Police investigating said they found a tape in Araújo’s car where he recorded himself apologising for something he was about to do. </s> Gunman kills self, 11 others at Brazil New Year party

A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of São Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those […]

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• A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the Brazilian city of Campinas.

Police in the state of Sao Paulo said the shooter was believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those killed. Local media reports said the couple's eight-year-old son also died.

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• A Sunwing pilot was arrested after being found intoxicated in a plane he was about to manoeuvre out of Calgary airport in Canada.

The 37-year-old man was found drunk in the cockpit of the plane he was supposed to pilot to Cancun, Mexico, on Saturday.

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• Burundi's Environment Minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early yesterday, police said, the first killing of its kind since the country was plunged into political turmoil.

Mr Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, the Water, Environment and Planning Minister, was killed shortly after midnight, according to a tweet sent by police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye.

He added that a woman had been arrested following the "assassination". The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.
A gunman shoots dead at least 11 people, including his former wife, and then himself in a murder–suicide at a New Year's Eve party in the southeast Brazilian city of Campinas. Several others reportedly remain in critical condition.