"Four people shot in new attack on Indigenous land in Brazil", 04 January 2025

...Four Indigenous people, including a child, were shot during an attack in southern Brazil late on Friday, federal police and an Indigenous rights organization said on Saturday, as violence escalates in the region.

Attackers opened fire against the Indigenous community near the city of Guaira, in the southern Parana state, injuring four people, later hospitalized, the police said.

The attack was aimed at the Avá Guarani people, who have been the target of previous assaults since Dec. 29, the Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI), an organization linked to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Brazil, said...

Two members of the Avá Guarani people were injured in the last days of 2024, said CIMI, with one having been shot in the arm.

The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs condemned the acts of violence against the Avá Guarani people, saying it is in talks with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for the immediate investigation of armed groups acting in the region...