The 2022 School Attack by Henrique Lira Trad in Vitória, Brazil.
Henrique Lira Trad was an 18-year-old former student who attacked the Éber Louzada Zippinotti School in Vitória, Brazil🇧🇷, on August 19, 2022. He injured three people before being subdued by a PE teacher.
The weapons he used all bought online. Including crossbows, knives, Molotov cocktails, kunai, and other equipment acquired online, supplemented by black tactical clothing. He spent around 2,000 R$ (around $340 as of 2025).
Motive.
Henrique was reportedly bullied during his time at the school and organized the attack as revenge. He began planning in 2019, inspired by the Suzano massacre. He also showed interest in Náźí ideology, wore all-black clothing, and often discussed carrying out such an attack with classmates.
His goal was to ķįļļ more than 6 or 7 people and to dįę when being confronted by the police. When Henrique was asked what his motive was, he said he didn't like the people who were there. A police also reported that he said he would "Ķįļļ whoever was here."
Timeline.
On 19 August 2022, at around 13:45, Henrique Lira Trad took an Uber ride to EMEF Eber Louzada Zippinotti. Arriving at 14:00, he initially tried directly going through the front entrance, claiming he was to go to a meeting, but was denied entry by the school staff, at which point he broke in by jumping over a wall, leaving one of his backpacks behind.
After breaking in, he went to the teachers' lounge and shot at a staff member with his recurve crossbow but missed, at which point the school staff closed the door on him.
He then went back to the school entrance and locked it with his padlock to prevent potential victims from escaping, before climbing the stairs to the second floor of the school to look for more potential victims. He tried shooting at a service provider but again missed.
Next he went upstairs. On the second floor, he pointed his crossbow at a 10-year-old child. The child then kicked the crossbow out of Henrique's hands, which shot a bolt on the way down, scratching the child's face. Henrique then broke into a 5th-grade classroom and shot again at a teacher, hitting her in the leg. He shot again at another 10-year-old and missed once more. As he reloaded the crossbow, a school coordinator pushed him out of the classroom. He shot at her, injuring her in the leg.
As Henrique reloaded his crossbow once more, a physical education teacher managed to tackle him. He was then tied up and restrained by an off-duty officer until the arrival of the Military Police. Henrique was immediately arrested on charges of attempted mųrdęr. At this point, his plan had completely failed.
The only student injury was a broken nose in a physical fight with another student attempting to stop the attack and scratches on another student also trying to stop the attack.
Other.
He was friends with hannya_88 (Bahia shøøtér Isaac Silva Chagas) And before the attack, they had an online conversation.
However, his failure deeply disappointed Isaac. Nevertheless, Isaac still posted about his attack on his Reddit account. 🔗 ▼
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Legal Proceedings.
On August 20, 2022, Henrique went through custody hearing at Viana Triage Center and was referred to State Hospital for Clinical Care(HEAC), in Cariacica, in Greater Vitória, Brazil.
Before arriving at Viana Triage Center, he was booked in flagrante delicto (meaning being caught in the act or caught "red-handed") for attempted qualified homicide with a futile motive, with impossibility of defending the victim and committed against a minor under 14 years of age. (three times), at the Specialized Department of Homicide and Protection of Persons(DEHPP)
In the end, he was charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of unlawful restraint (one of the original six attempted murder charges was dropped and replaced.)
If convicted, Henrique faces a maximum of over 50 years' imprisonment.
His father destroyed his son's cell phone hours after the attack right in front of a police station. (His father was charged with procedural fraud because of this, but the charge was later dropped.)
While imprisoned, he was once beaten by six fellow inmates and had to change prisons, from Guarapari to Viana. As of December 2025, he has not yet been tried, and he is currently imprisoned at the Provisional Detention Center of the Rodrigo Figueiredo da Rosa Penitentiary Complex (Centro de Detenção Provisória do Complexo Penitenciário Rodrigo Figueiredo da Rosa) and remains there to this day.
