A 17-year-old schoolgirl has dramatically admitted stabbing 30 men to death - and says she hopes her parents are not upset.
The Brazilian teenager confessed to police, claiming she launched the serial killing spree "for money, revenge and to bring justice".

She has reportedly said she wanted to confess before turning 18, so she could escape being tried as an adult - and "to avoid upsetting my family".

A Brazilian schoolgirl was held Monday night for knifing 30 men to death.

The 17-year-old stunned cops by owning up to a serial killing spree that started when she was 15.

She told detectives she wanted to confess before she turned 18 and could be tried as an adult.

The girl – who can't be named because she is still a minor – said she began targeting men in her home city of Sao Paulo, Brazil "for money, revenge and to bring justice."

She even smiled as she reeled off her list of victims - which is feared to make her the world's most prolific teenage serial killer. She calmly bragged to police: "I don't have enough courage to hold a gun — but I can hold a knife.

"I am confessing because I promised I would do so before becoming 18 — to avoid upsetting my family."

The teen told how she always used the same knife — butchering one man for throwing a glass of brandy in her face in a bar fight.

But police are still unclear about what drove her to keep on killing.

Sources said one theory is she was hired by gangland bosses as an assassin because she was so innocent-looking. The teenager's sensational confession came after she was arrested over a Sao Paulo street fight.

It shocked a country still reeling from the arrest of a TV crime show host for allegedly arranging killings to boost ratings.

She is quite smart, according to our shitty law, the worst that can happen with a non-adult criminal is 3 years in a reeducation center, no matter the crime.

I understand that the maximum sentence for adults is 30 years. Is that correct?

Outlaw knives all together? How do you cut up your food? You must just take the food into your hands, quickly look around to be sure no one is going to steal it from you and then tear it up with your teeth.

Only forks and spoons from now on. Mash it up in a blender.

I love the way the article is worded...it doesn't really say she confessed to murders that the police 'had been investigating'. I get the feeling the police were like 'what! there's 30 people dead?? shit!'.

Only forks and spoons from now on. Mash it up in a blender.

I love the way the article is worded...it doesn't really say she confessed to murders that the police 'had been investigating'. I get the feeling the police were like 'what! there's 30 people dead?? shit!'.

It's pretty hard to defend yourself against someone rushing you with a knife. She probably had a few stabs in before they knew what was happening.

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