Rio de Janeiro:
Two days before Wellington Menezes de Oliveira walked into his former school and shot 12 students to death, he recorded a video in which he rambled in an emotionless tone about his plans for the attack and said it was part of a fight "against cruel, cowardly people."
He's clean shaven, in a white shirt, and speaks in a slow, flat voice that betrays nothing of the massacre he has planned.
"The fight for which many brothers in the past have died, and I will die, is not exclusively for what is known as bullying," he says in the video.
"Our fight is against cruel, cowardly people who take advantage of the kindness, the innocence, the weakness of people who are incapable of defending themselves."
He says he shaved the beard he had been wearing because he was planning to scout out the school and didn't want to attract attention.
Oliveira said he had been there months before and went again three days before the shooting.
He dates the video as Tuesday, April 5, two days before the shooting.
Police are still combing through written material found in Oliveira's home, and through his computer files to determine a motive.
His family was deeply upset and afraid of being targeted for Oliveira's actions.
A sibling said Oliveira had been adopted as a baby and had a history of psychological problems.
They have not yet claimed Oliveira's body, which remains at the city morgue.
The chilling video Oliveira made last week was broadcast on newspaper websites and TV stations as the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro celebrated Mass on Wednesday morning before a crowd of 2,000 in front of the Tasso da Silveira school.
The mass was held in the school's courtyard, which is usually bustling with children between classes during school hours.
On Wednesday, it remained closed and packed with thousands of sobbing relatives, teachers and fellow school children who gathered for the mass.
The mass, which was led by Rio de Janeiro archbishop Dom Orani Joao Tempesta, included representatives of several religious denominations.
Tempesta said Thursday's unprecedented school shooting was not representative of Brazil or Rio de Janeiro, during his sermon.
"We're about parents who play with their children, teachers who worry about their students, people who work every day and who try to live in peace," Tempesta said.
For Ramalho de Assis, whose brother Rafael Pereira da Silva was one of the victims, only time will help him heal.
"Only having God in our hearts will keep us from reacting differently. We can only believe in God above all and only time will somewhat heal the scar that was left in our hearts," Assis said.
Tasso de Silveira elementary school is expected to reopen for classes next week before the Easter holiday.
He's clean shaven, in a white shirt, and speaks in a slow, flat voice that betrays nothing of the massacre he has planned.
"The fight for which many brothers in the past have died, and I will die, is not exclusively for what is known as bullying," he says in the video.
"Our fight is against cruel, cowardly people who take advantage of the kindness, the innocence, the weakness of people who are incapable of defending themselves."
He says he shaved the beard he had been wearing because he was planning to scout out the school and didn't want to attract attention.
Oliveira said he had been there months before and went again three days before the shooting.
He dates the video as Tuesday, April 5, two days before the shooting.
Police are still combing through written material found in Oliveira's home, and through his computer files to determine a motive.
His family was deeply upset and afraid of being targeted for Oliveira's actions.
A sibling said Oliveira had been adopted as a baby and had a history of psychological problems.
They have not yet claimed Oliveira's body, which remains at the city morgue.
The chilling video Oliveira made last week was broadcast on newspaper websites and TV stations as the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro celebrated Mass on Wednesday morning before a crowd of 2,000 in front of the Tasso da Silveira school.
The mass was held in the school's courtyard, which is usually bustling with children between classes during school hours.
On Wednesday, it remained closed and packed with thousands of sobbing relatives, teachers and fellow school children who gathered for the mass.
The mass, which was led by Rio de Janeiro archbishop Dom Orani Joao Tempesta, included representatives of several religious denominations.
Tempesta said Thursday's unprecedented school shooting was not representative of Brazil or Rio de Janeiro, during his sermon.
"We're about parents who play with their children, teachers who worry about their students, people who work every day and who try to live in peace," Tempesta said.
For Ramalho de Assis, whose brother Rafael Pereira da Silva was one of the victims, only time will help him heal.
"Only having God in our hearts will keep us from reacting differently. We can only believe in God above all and only time will somewhat heal the scar that was left in our hearts," Assis said.
Tasso de Silveira elementary school is expected to reopen for classes next week before the Easter holiday.
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