Campinas massacre
| Campinas massacre | |
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Campinas. | |
| Location | 22°54′22.6″S 47°05′40.2″W / 22.906278°S 47.094500°W Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil |
| Date | 31 December 2016 Around 23:50 (BRST (UTC-02:00)) |
Attack type | Familicide Mass murder–suicide |
| Weapons | Walther P5 9mm semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 13 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Sidnei Ramis de Araujo |
| Motive | Uncertain |
Around 23:50 BRST on 31 December 2016 (1:50 GMT on 1 January 2017), a man named Sidnei Araujo entered a home where a New Year's party was taking place and opened fire at the gathering with a Walther P5 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Araujo killed 12 people, including his estranged wife and his eight-year-old son, and wounded three others before committing suicide by shooting himself. Although the crime is under investigation, the motive is believed to be anger over separation with his wife. A recording of Araujo was later found in his car in which he apologized for something that would happen, without indicating specifically what it would be. It remains tied with the 2011 Rio de Janeiro school shooting as the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in Brazilian history.