In what will come across as a most shocking development, a man has gone on a rampage killing several relatives at a party.
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An armed man stormed a New Year's Eve party in Brazil, fatally shooting his estranged wife and 11 other relatives.
According to RTE, the man then took his own after the shooting.
The shooting took place shortly before midnight in the town of Campinas, about 100kms north of Sao Paulo, according to news reports that cited local police.
The 12 shooting victims, all members of the same family, had gathered to ring in the new year.
Reports said the estranged couple had recently separated.
The dead included their eight-year-old son.