RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A gunman stormed a house party and killed 11 people, including his former wife and 8-year-old son, before shooting himself in the head during a New Year’s party in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday.

Police in the state of São Paulo said the shooter, identified as 46-year-old Sidnei Ramis de Araújo, is believed to have been angry over a split with his wife, Isamara Filier, 41, and their son João Victor.

Three other people remain hospitalized, police said, while four people survived the attack unharmed, including one party attendee who managed to flee to a bathroom and phone the police when the shooting began.

Survivors, according to a police spokesman, said that just before midnight, the shooter jumped over a fence surrounding the house, burst through a door and began firing even as he berated Filier for taking their son.

Araújo possibly sought to take advantage of the commotion of New Year’s Eve to disguise the shooting, police said.

One neighbor told local television that he and his family heard shots, but had thought they might be fireworks until one of the wounded ran to their property, bleeding and pleading for help.

Despite high rates of crime and violence in Brazil, including significant problems with assaults against women, the attack alarmed Latin America’s biggest country on a holiday associated with family gatherings.

Gun deaths are common in heists, holdups and in confrontations among police, drug gangs and other criminals in Brazil, but targeted mass shootings are rare.

Police said Araújo, reported by local media to be a laboratory technician, used a 9 mm pistol and carried two additional clips, extra ammunition, a knife and unspecified but unused explosives.

Investigators are analyzing the explosives in addition to a cell phone and audio recorder found in a car he parked outside the home to determine whether Araújo left any sort of message about his attack.

Police said they did not yet know if Araújo had a history of violence, or whether he had been known to physically harm or threaten his former wife before the attack.

Campinas, an industrial and university city of over 1 million residents, is located about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of the city of São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest metropolis.</s>Rio de Janeiro, Jan 1 (EFE).- A man opened fire at a New Year’s Eve party early Sunday in the Brazilian city of Campinas, killing 11 people, including his ex-wife and 9-year-old son, before turning the gun on himself, police said.

The unidentified gunman climbed over the wall of a house in the Jardim Aurelia section of Campinas, a city in the interior of Sao Paulo state, walked into the living room and opened fire with a pistol.

Three people wounded in the shooting were taken to Campinas University Hospital.

The 40-year-old gunman, who refused to accept the divorce proceedings with his wife, shot himself in the head after the shooting spree.

Eleven people – nine women, the gunman and the boy – were pronounced dead at the scene and one person died while being treated at the hospital.</s>SAO PAULO – Brazilian military police say a man broke into a house where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed at least a dozen people before committing suicide.

Cpl. Marta Aurelia said Sunday that the man was carrying “several firearms.” His ex-wife was among the dead, and the others included her family members. The crime took place in the southeastern city of Campinas.

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Aurelia said 13 people were killed but was not sure if that total included the gunman. A further three were wounded.

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Also, Like us on facebook</s>A dad shot dead eleven people including his eight-year-old son and ex-wife in a New Year's Eve massacre.

Sidnei Araujo, 46, burst into a family party in Campinas, a city near Sao Paulo in Brazil, and went on a killing spree armed with a handgun.

He killed eleven people including his ex-wife Isamara Filier, with whom he had been locked in a bitter custody battle, and their son João Victor before turning the gun on himself.

One man was shot in the leg but survived by pretending to be dead, his sister said.

A teenager who was also at the party told O Globo TV station: "At first, I thought it was nothing, then I realised I had heard gunshots."

"I hid in the bathroom. He tried to break the door, but couldn't."

The other victims, who were all adults, included Isamara's 33-year-old brother Rafael.

Liliane Ferreira, who was hosting the party, was killed along with five of her relatives.

Her husband was wounded and remains in hospital.

Araujo left an audio message on his mobile phone apologising and blaming his ex-wife.

He was a government scientist at the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials and had studied at prestigious universities.

Friends have been left shocked by his actions.

One wrote online: "He's always been wonderful. We grew up together.

"You can not believe he did such outrage. He was an example of a person."</s>A violent ex-husband gunned down twelve people at a New Year’s Eve party, including his own young son.

Sidnei Ramis de Araújo, aged 46, had recently split from from Isamara Filier, aged 41, and entered the party in a rage.

Just before midnight he jumped over a wall, stormed the family home and shot at guests, armed with several guns at the house party in the Brazilian city of Campinas.

Fifteen people were wounded, twelve of them fatally, including his ex-wife and his eight-year-old son, João Victor.

The killer, a lab technician, reportedly shouted at his wife for taking custody of their son, spraying bullets at guests before turning the gun on himself.

Neighbours who heard the gunshots thought they were fireworks at first, Globo reported.

They realised the true horror of it when one of the injured guests appeared asking for help, covered in blood.

‘He rushed in calling help, help,’ a witness told the channel. ‘At the time we did not know if it was a robber, if he was armed. Then my uncle grabbed him, saw that he had no gun, that he really was only really hurt.’

Two of the men managed to survive by locking themselves in a bathroom, out of sight of the gunman.

Police investigating said they found a tape in Araújo’s car where he recorded himself apologising for something he was about to do.</s>A gunman has stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas. Police in the state of Sao Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those killed.

Start the conversation, or Read more at The New Zealand Herald.</s>RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday.

Police in the state of São Paulo said the shooter is believed to have been angry over a separation from his former wife, who was among those killed. Local media reports said the couple’s 8-year-old son also died.

A police spokesman could not confirm the identity or age of those killed or whether a child of the shooter, who also remains unidentified, was among the victims.

Local media reported that a total of 15 people had been shot and several remain in critical condition.

A neighbor interviewed by the Globo television network said that he and family members heard blasts about a quarter to midnight but did not immediately recognize it as gunfire, not New Year fireworks.

Only when one of those shot ran into their property, bleeding and asking for help, did they realize that someone had been shooting. State police said they were called to the scene at 12:40 a.m. local time.

Although Brazil struggles with high rates of crime and violence, mass shootings are uncommon. Gun deaths are frequent in heists, holdups and in confrontations among police, drug gangs and other criminals, but shooting sprees like those often seen in the United States are not prevalent.

Campinas, an industrial and university city of over 1 million residents, is located about 100 kilometers northwest of the city of São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest metropolis.</s>A gunman stormed a house party and killed 11 people, including his former wife and 8-year-old son, before shooting himself in the head during a New Year's party in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of Sao Paulo said the shooter, identified as 46-year-old Sidnei Ramis de Araujo, is believed to have been angry over a split with his wife, Isamara Filier, 41, and their son Joao Victor.

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A gunman shoots dead at least 11 people, including his former wife, and then himself in a murder–suicide at a New Year's Eve party in the southeast Brazilian city of Campinas. Several others reportedly remain in critical condition.