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Images from the "Les Sablons" school where a 15-year-old teenager was beaten up by several people on Thursday afternoon as he left his secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris, and has since been hospitalised with a life-threatening condition. IMAGES
Backpacks representing victims of school attacks are displayed outside the National Congress in Brasilia to demand approval of Bill 2630, which seeks to regulate social media activity. The government of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently announced a series of restrictions on social media in a bid to curb the "epidemic" of school attacks. In April, four children between four and seven years old were killed in a preschool in Blumenau, a city in southern Santa Catarina state, when a man carrying a hatchet stormed the facility. IMAGES
Brazilian emergency services transfer the body of one of the victims of a school shooting in Aracruz, Espirito Santo State. At least three people, including a teenage girl, were killed and 11 others injured after a man opened fire in two different schools. IMAGES
Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh has deactivated his Twitter account. Limbaugh's choice to step off Twitter follows the permanent suspension of President Trump's account by the company. Limbaugh is one of a handful of high-profile Trump supporters who closed or lost their Twitter accounts following the Capitol Hill insurrection. Twitter has also suspended the accounts of Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and Ron Watkins. Business Insider reports Limbaugh has praised the rioters as being in the same class as Revolutionary War heroes Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams.
Zoom Video Communications reversed earlier losses and surged as much as 5.5% on Wednesday. This was following the announced closure of New York City public schools. According to reports at Business Insider, the closings will start Thursday. NYC public schools will transition to remote learning because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. The surge pushed the 7-day positivity rate above the 3% threshold. Zoom has been a prime beneficiary of the COVID-19 related lockdowns.