Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 10, 2026 (AFP) - Brazil police rescue 13 children held hostage, assailant dead: official

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Police in Brazil on Friday rescued 13 children who had been taken hostage in their kindergarten and killed the assailant who threatened to set fire to the building, officials said. The incident took place in the southern city of Curitiba. "We successfully neutralized this person and saved the 13 children, who were taken to be checked out and given care by first responders," the commander of the military police special forces unit in Parana state,......

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