A victim of the municipal daycare centre -where a watchman sprayed children with alcohol and set them on fire- is admitted to hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, on Oct 5, 2017. Four toddlers and their teacher died and 40 other people were injured in southeastern Brazil, after Damiao dos Santos sprayed them -and himself- with alcohol and set them on fire, officials said. The guard hospitalized with burns all over his body later succumbed to his wounds and died. (LINCON ZARBIETTI / O TEMPO / AFP)
SAO PAULO - Four children and a teacher died and several others were
injured at a day care center in eastern Brazil on Thursday when a guard doused
the school with alcohol and set it alight, officials said.
A firefighter
in the city of Janauba said by telephone that the guard, who was seriously
injured, died hours later in a local hospital. The firefighter, who declined to
give his name, said the majority of the victims ranged in age from 1 to 4 years
old.
He identified the guard as 50-year-old Damiao Soares dos Santos, who
had helped with security at the center since 2008. He said a teacher also died
in the fire.
The motive of the attack was unclear.
The daycare
center in Janauba, in the state of Minas Gerais, cares for about 70 children,
according to local media.
In a tweet, Brazilian President Michel Temer
said: "I'm very sorry about this tragedy involving children in Janauba. I want
to express my sympathy to the families."
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