# Suspect killed after 13 kindergarten children taken hostage and beaten in Brazil

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-10 09:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/suspect-killed-after-13-kindergarteners-taken-hostage-beaten-in-brazil?traffic_source=rss

> Police say a man broke into a kindergarten in Curitiba, held 13 children hostage, spread a flammable substance and brandished a lighter. After negotiations continued for up to three hours and he began hitting the children, officers intervened and killed him. The children were rescued, and at least one was injured.