A 16-year-old attacked children in a school in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old, authorities said. The attacker was arrested shortly after.

Reports of violence against women in Brazil increased in 2023, even as overall homicide numbers stagnated and murders declined nationwide. There were 275,275 reports of assault, up from 221,240 in ...

A report detailed 36 attacks on schools in Brazil between 2002 and October 2023, 16 of them this year. Daniel Cara, the project coordinator, talked to Global Voices about what's behind this issue.

Brazil federation denies wrongdoing after loss to Argentina overshadowed by pre-match crowd violence Lionel Messi explained that Argentina briefly left the field during the incident because 'the ...

A second teenager has died following a school shooting in southern Brazil, the hospital said on Tuesday.

Additionally, in a school in Sao Paulo, a distressing incident unfolded when a 13-year-old student fatally stabbed a teacher and injured five others.

At least one student has died after a school shooting in Brazil's southern city of Cambe on Monday, the Parana state government said in a statement, adding that another wounded student has been ...

Teen killed in Brazil school shooting, authorities say An attack by a former student leaves a 16-year-old girl dead and another teenager wounded, official in southern city says.

The report links the surge in school violence to the growth of far-right extremism in Brazil over recent years and the spread of hate speech online.

To address the increasing violence in schools across Brazil, including a recent ax attack by a 14-year-old student against two 9-year-old girls in the north of the country, the government of Sao ...