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Anxious parents and locals watch as events unfold outside the school after the shooting in Rio de Janeiro.

A gunman opened fire Thursday in a public elementary school in Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 10 people before taking his own life, officials said.

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A woman reacts after a shooting at a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, April 7. Brazilian authorities say a gunman opened fire inside the school leaving at least 13 dead.

Terrified parents rushed to the school and television images showed them crying and screaming for information about their children.

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Police guard the perimeter of a school after a shooting in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.

The dead included nine children between the ages of 12 and 14, the O Globo news website in Rio de Janeiro reported.

The gunman, identified as Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, was a 23-year-old former student at the school. Continue reading...