Homemade Explosive Injures Students at Belford Roxo Public School

Overview

• The blast at CIEP Lasar Segall in Belford Roxo on Friday injured at least eight students, according to the state fire brigade.
• City hall later said 10 students aged 13 to 17 had minor injuries, were treated at the municipal hospital, and were released the same day.
• The state education department reported that two students brought the device to the school, and firefighters said it went off in the yard after a student handled it.
• Poder360 described the device as a PVC pipe loaded with gunpowder and nails, citing the mayor’s account of what students told her at the hospital.
• Police sealed the site for forensic work, the Civil Police bomb squad conducted a preventive sweep, classes were suspended, and child-protection authorities were called in.