Brazil daycare fire: Four toddlers and teacher killed in arson attack + 25 people were injured

FOUR toddlers have been killed in a horrific arson attack this morning at a nursery in Brazil.

The Sun reports the tots, aged between two and four, and one teacher were burned alive at the Innocent Children’s People Municipal Education Centre, in Janaúba, Minas Gerias, police said.

The suspect — a security guard named Damiao Soares dos Santos — allegedly threw gasoline over children at the nursery before setting them on fire and himself, reports The Sun.

He is also alleged to have locked a teacher in a room before setting fire to the professional.

A further 25 people were injured

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