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Brazil wrestles with solutions after deadly day care attack

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and LAÍS MARTINS, MAURICIO SAVARESE and LAÍS MARTINS, Associated Press
Published: April 6, 2023, 8:08am
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People carrying torches take part in the Procissao do Fogareu or torch Procession, during a Holy Week in Goias, 350 km (217 miles) west of Brasilia, Brazil, early Thursday, April 6, 2023. The procession is a reenactment of the moment of Christ's arrest at the Olive Garden by featuring hooded penitents in lieu of Roman soldiers.
People carrying torches take part in the Procissao do Fogareu or torch Procession, during a Holy Week in Goias, 350 km (217 miles) west of Brasilia, Brazil, early Thursday, April 6, 2023. The procession is a reenactment of the moment of Christ's arrest at the Olive Garden by featuring hooded penitents in lieu of Roman soldiers. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Photo Gallery

BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) — They sent their seven-year-old to day care Wednesday and plunged into the deepest nightmare of any parent’s life.

A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and burst into the day care center in southern Brazil, killing little Larissa Maia Toldo and three other children.

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