Boy kills five of his family before going to school

A 13-year-old Brazilian boy killed his police officer parents, his grandmother and his great-aunt before spending a full day at school and then taking his own life, police have revealed.

Police are investigating claims the boy had wanted to become a hitman and had planned the killings.

They said the five bodies were found before dawn inside two houses located on the same property in northern Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city which has a population in its metropolitan area of more than 20m.