Editing School shooting (section)

=== Brazil ===
{{Main|List of school attacks in Brazil}}

In Brazil, school shootings and similar attacks, usually involving melee weapons or improvised explosives, have been on the rise  since 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Henrique Roza |first=Thiago |last2=de Borba Telles |first2=Lisieux Elaine |date=May 2024 |title=The rise of school shootings and other related attacks in Brazil |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00051-6/fulltext |journal=[[The Lancet]] |volume=33}}</ref> Multiple potential explanations exist, including the glorification of American mass murderers leading to a [[Copycat crime|copycat]] "globalization" of such incidents, with the perpetrators often seeking to replicate American attacks. For example, Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, the perpetrator of the [[Rio de Janeiro school shooting]], cited [[Seung-Hui Cho]] as a "brother" and thanked him, along with fellow Brazilian Edmar Aparecido Freitas, perpetrator of the 2003 [[Taiúva school shooting]], for their "bravery" and "leading the way".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-16 |title=Killer was 'inspired' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/killer-was-inspired-20110416-1dijz.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Other theories include the spread of conspiracy theories, hate speech and extremist propaganda.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Langlois |first=Jill |date=2023-04-16 |title=Attacks on Brazil's schools — often by former students — spur a search for solutions |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/04/11/1168233536/a-rise-in-attacks-on-schools-has-left-brazil-reeling-and-searching-for-solutions |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=NPR}}</ref>