Campinas massacre

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Campinas massacre
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Campinas.
LocationCampinas, São Paulo State, Brazil
Coordinates22°54′22.6″S 47°05′40.2″W / 22.906278°S 47.094500°W / -22.906278; -47.094500
DateDecember 31, 2016
Shortly before midnight (UTC-03:00)
Attack type
Familicide
Mass murder–suicide
Weapons9mm pistol
Deaths13 (including the perpetrator)
Injured3
PerpetratorSidnei Ramis de Araujo[1]
MotiveUncertain

Shortly before midnight on December 31, 2016, 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 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 apologizes for something that would happen, without indicating specifically what it would be.[2]

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  1. ^ "Gunman Kills At Least 11 People In Brazil New Year's Party Mass Shooting". Reuters. HuffPost. January 1, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brazil gunman kills ex-wife, son and 10 others in Campinas". BBC News. January 1, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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