Brazil school reopens after deadly shooting

A woman leaves flowers one day after a mass, school shooting outside the Raul Brasil state school in Suzano, Brazil, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Classmates, friends and families began saying goodbye on Thursday, with thousands attending a wake in the Sao Paulo suburb while authorities worked to understand what drove two former students to attack the Raul Brasil State School with a gun, crossbows and small axes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Police officers and investigators stand outside the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The state government of Sao Paulo said two teenagers, armed with guns and wearing hoods, entered the school and began shooting at students. They then killed themselves, according to the statement. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Teachers and some students have returned to a Brazilian school less than a week after two armed men raided it, killing seven people.

Staff members gathered on Monday to decide when classes should resume, while students were invited to pick up any belongings left behind while running for their lives.

A multitude of flowers and messages lay on the ground outside the entrance gate in homage to victims and survivors.

Ten people died as a result of Wednesday's shooting, including the two killers and the owner of a nearby used-car dealership.

The tragedy has revived a debate around loosening gun laws in the country, a key campaign promise of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil is the world leader in annual homicides.