According to the local press, the attack occurred after a teenager wearing a school uniform entered the Sapopemba state school, in the western area of São Paulo, on Monday morning. The attacker was later arrested by the police, who also retained the weapon used, the São Paulo government confirmed, the AFP news agency reported. Although the motive for the attack was not made official, the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo indicated that the attacker was a victim of bullying by other students at the school. The state governor, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, declared on his X social network account (formerly Twitter): “We are dismayed by yet another terrible attack on our schools. This morning, three students were shot and wounded at the Sapopemba State School and one of them, unfortunately, did not resist.”