Four People Shot in New Attack to Indigenous Land in Brazil

A police car with flashing lights in a file photo. The Canadian Press/AP/Matt Rourke

SÃO PAULO—Four Indigenous people, including a child, were shot during an attack in southern Brazil late on Jan. 3, federal police and an Indigenous rights organization said on Jan. 4, as violence escalates in the region.

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