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12 people killed at New Year's party in Brazil

Xinhua, January 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

At least 12 people were killed and three more wounded during a shootout at a New Year party in southeastern Brazil, police sources revealed Sunday.

The attack took place in the city of Campinas, near Sao Paulo, when a man climbed the wall of a house and shot his ex-wife, his 8-year-old son and various other relatives, before turning the gun on himself. More ammunition was found on his body.

According to daily O Globo, the 40-year-old man, whose name was not released, had not accepted the separation. A witness told the newspaper that she had heard the man saying he would kill his ex-wife after she won the custody of their child.

A neighbor told the press that one of the injured escaped the house to fetch help.

The identities of the deceased have also not been made public but nine men, two women and a child were among the dead. Enditem