Attacker kills four children with hatchet at Brazil preschool

A 25-year-old man burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and killed four children with a hatchet-like weapon Wednesday before turning himself in to police.

The attacker, who jumped a wall to get inside, also wounded four other children at the private preschool. He then rode a motorcycle to a state police station and handed himself in. The attacker killed three boys and one girl, who were between five and seven years old. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned the attack. School attacks in Brazil had been uncommon, but have begun happening with greater frequency in recent years.