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Janaúba Massacre
On the morning of Thursday, 5 October 2017, Damião Soares dos Santos, a night watchman at daycare Centro Municipal de Educação Infantil Gente Inocente in Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, invaded a classroom where dozens of children between the ages of 3 and 7 were taking part in normal school activities. Santos locked the door and doused fuel on several children, employees and himself. The resulting fire killed fourteen, including himself, ten children and three adults and wounded thirty-seven. Fire Prior to the fire Damião Soares dos Santos, was dismissed from work after taking annual leave the month before for a health condition. He went to the daycare to hand in his medical certificate before setting the fire. Shortly after setting the fire he also set himself on fire. A fire took over the premises, killing four children at the location, and leaving 37 injured. After being taken to the hospital, at least four more children, a teacher and the arsonist died. At least one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janaúba
Janaúba is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 72,018 in a total area of 2,189 km2. The elevation is 692 meters above sea level. Geography Location The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 547 km. The most important city in the north of Minas, Montes Claros, is 132 km. away. Neighboring municipalities are: *South: Francisco Sá *Southeast: Riacho dos Machados *East and Northeast: Porteirinha and Nova Porteirinha *North: Jaíba *Northwest: Verdelândia *West: Capitão Enéas and São João da Ponte. Microregion Janaúba is also a statistical microregion (30) consisting of 13 municipalities: Catuti, Espinosa, Gameleiras, Jaíba, Janaúba, Mamonas, Mato Verde, Monte Azul, Nova Porteirinha, Pai Pedro, Porteirinha, Riacho dos Machados and Serranópolis de Minas. The area is 15,191.70 km² and the population was 230,786 in 2000. Districts and villages *Districts: Sede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |