Brazilian police rescue 13 children and kill hostage-taker at a daycare
Brazilian police on Friday rescued 13 children held hostage at a daycare centre. The attacker, who had threatened to set the building on fire, was killed.
Police in Brazil ended a hostage situation at a daycare centre on Friday, rescuing 13 children and killing the attacker, officials announced.
According to the officials, the man had taken 13 children hostage at the early-childhood facility and threatened to set the building on fire. Police moved in, freed the children and neutralised the assailant.
What is known
The source states that all 13 children were rescued. It does not specify in which Brazilian city or state the incident took place, how the attacker was identified, what his motive was, or whether anyone was injured.
Nor does it describe how the police operation unfolded or how long the hostage crisis lasted. Officials have not made these details public, at least not in the source text.
Police conduct in such cases is usually judged in terms of the safety of the children, but in this instance the officials' statement stressed mainly that the children were saved and that the attacker, who had threatened to torch the building, was killed.
