Aracruz school shootings
| Aracruz school shootings | |
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The shooter approaching the entrance of the second location (top) The shooter opening fire (bottom) | |
| Location | Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Date | 25 November 2022 c. 9:30 – c. 9:50 a.m. (BRT (UTC-3)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, school shooting, spree shooting, mass murder |
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| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 11 |
| Perpetrator | Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni |
| Motive | Accelerationism, neo-Nazism, retaliation for bullying |
On November 25, 2022, two spree shootings occurred at two schools in Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil. A 16-year-old former student of one of the schools, Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni, shot four people to death, including a 12-year-old girl. Eleven others were left wounded and the gunman fled before later being arrested at his family's residence, approximately four hours after the murders.