Mass Brawl Disrupts Government-Backed AI Class for Thousands at Mineirão

Overview

• Organized by the Minas Gerais Education Secretariat in partnership with Google, the event aimed to introduce AI tools to state-school students at the Mineirão in Belo Horizonte.
• Cellphone videos showed students fighting and throwing objects in the stands, with coverage differing on whether the program was suspended or delayed by about 1.5 hours.
• Outlets reported attendance ranging from roughly 20,000 to around 30,000 students from about 200 state schools.
• The city said SAMU was called and ambulances were dispatched, while the Education Secretariat reported individualized medical attention and psychosocial follow-up via the NAE.
• The Secretariat said civil firefighters and contracted security contained the disturbance and the Military Police was called, and stadium operator Minas Arena stated the event’s operation was the state government’s responsibility.