09/04/2011 11:16
Brazil mourns Rio school shooting victims
The first funerals have been held in Brazil for the 12 children killed by a gunman in a Rio de Janeiro school on Thursday.
A police helicopter dropped rose petals from above as hundreds of mourners crowded into a local cemetery.
The gunman, a former pupil at the school, killed himself after being wounded by police.
Brazil has been left in shock by the killings, and three days of national mourning are being observed, BBC said.