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Fleeing Suspects Enter Rio Daycare During Police Operation as Gunfire Hits Window

Officials are urging a tougher public-security response to protect classrooms.

Overview

  • The incident occurred on September 24 at Creche Municipal Acalanto in Morro do Juramento, Vicente de Carvalho, during a Polícia Militar action.
  • Children and staff were moved to a safer area under the Acesso Mais Seguro protocol, and no one was hurt despite a shot striking a window.
  • The 41º BPM reported seizing three rifles and drugs, and said a man wounded in the exchange was taken to Hospital Getúlio Vargas.
  • Education secretary Renan Ferreirinha condemned the use of schools as escape routes and said an infant narrowly avoided being hit.
  • City data show 508 municipal school units affected by armed violence between February 5 and September 15, disrupting about 170,000 students, with a 7-year-old wounded by stray gunfire at another school on August 15.