Saudades massacre

On 4 May 2021, a school massacre occurred at the municipal school of early childhood education (creche) Aquarela, located in the city of Saudades, near the city of Chapecó, in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil. The school attends children from 6 months to 2 years old.[3][4]

Saudades massacre
LocationSaudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Coordinates26.9262373906778°S 52.99821130707804°W / -26.9262373906778; -52.99821130707804
Date4 May 2021 (2021-05-04)
9:50 (BRT (UTC-3))
TargetPro-Childhood Aquarela
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsKatana/"Ninja sword"[1]/Dagger[2] firecrackers
Deaths5
Injured2 (including the perpetrator)
MotiveUnknown
AccusedFabiano Kipper Mai

Three children, a teacher and a staff member died in the attack, perpetrated by an 18-year-old native of the town,[3][4][5] identified by authorities as Fabiano Kipper Mai.[6][7][8][9][10]

Stabbing

At around 9:50 BRT on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, Fabiano Kipper Mai, an 18-year-old youth with no criminal history, rode his bicycle to the Pro-Childhood Aquarela daycare center in downtown Saudades. Upon entering the daycare, he began by attacking a 30-year-old teacher who, although injured, ran into a room where four children and a school employee were, in an attempt to warn her of the danger. Fabiano Mai then attacked the children who were in the room and the employee. Two girls under the age of two and the teacher who suffered the initial attack died on the spot. Another babies and the staff member later died in the hospital.[11]

When the city's education secretary, Gisela Hermann, received a call reporting the case, she went to the scene and described what she saw: "We got there, a scene of terror. I managed to get into the school. There was a man lying on the floor, but still alive, and also a dead teacher and child. The room was closed, they didn't let us in".[3][4]

Female employees hid the children when the killer began the attack.[3]

The Chapecó regional delegate, Ricardo Newton Casagrande, said that the young man entered the place and hit the victims with a katana.[3]

Fabiano Mai was arrested on the spot and taken in serious condition to a hospital in the neighboring city of Pinhalzinho, after trying to commit suicide by stabbing himself with the katana.[3][5] In November 2021, he was serving a prison sentence at the Chapecó Regional Prison, but the Court had ordered his transfer to the Hospital de Custódia. "The decision was taken based on the official expert's report, which found that Fabiano suffers from Schizophrenia "and needs immediate treatment," reported SCC 10. However, a previous report found that the killer had full capacity to understand the criminal nature of his act.[12]

On 11 August 2023, Fabiano was sentenced to 329 years and 4 months in prison, the judge also ruled that Fabiano should pay each of his victims Including the teachers and children killed, the injured child and 14 others for attempted murder.[13]

Victims
  • Keli Adriane Aniecevski, 30 years old, teacher;
  • Mirla Amanda Renner Costa, 20 years old, educational agent;
  • Sarah Luiza Mahle Sehn, 1 year and 7 months old
  • Murilo Massing, 1 year and 9 months old
  • Anna Bela Fernandes de Barros, 1 year and 8 months old

Another one-year and 8 months old and boy named Henryque,[14] was also injured and had to undergo surgery and stay in the ICU.[3]

School staff

Deputy Jerônimo Ferreira, who is handling the case, says that the teacher and the educational agent were heroes in containing the youth from going to other classrooms and even though they were injured, they managed to successfully avoid the worst:[15]

He tried to enter every room and couldn't. Those women managed to prevent a greater evil from happening, they were very brave.

— Deputy Jerônimo Ferreira

We have two heroines, may God receive them along with these three children. Strength and resilience to the families, I wish everyone that they can get through this sad time in their lives.

— Governor of Santa Catarina Daniela Reinehr

Aline Biazebetti, a 27-year old educational agent and a neighbor of the school, rescued one of the children, one year old Henryque. When she heard the commotion, she entered the school while the aggressor was still there, get Henryque, got into a car and drove to the hospital. The child in question underwent surgery and is recovering from his injuries. Without Aline's quick action, the one-year-old could have been dead before the rescue arrived.[16]

...I managed to call the police and picked up one of the children. I got in the car and took him to the hospital. I heard that he had surgery and is fine....

— Educational agent Aline Biazebetti

I will never forget the look that child gave me, as a way of asking for help...

— Educational agent Aline Biazebetti

Official mourning

The state governor, Daniela Reinehr, announced official mourning on her Twitter. "I decree official mourning of three days in the state after the tragedy in Saudades, where children and teachers of a center for early childhood education died. I express deep sadness and provide my solidarity. I have determined that the government will provide all necessary support to the families," she wrote.[3]

See also

References
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  12. "EXCLUSIVO: Autor da chacina em Saudades será transferido de presídio para hospital". Portal SCC10 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  13. "Acusado de matar 5 em creche de SC é condenado a 329 anos de prisão". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  14. R7. "Bebê de 1 ano que sobreviveu a atentado em SC recebe alta". Correio do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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