A man carrying explosives died on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 13, in Brasilia after trying in vain to enter the building of the Supreme Court of Brazil, a ” stroke “ lost according to authorities.
“This individual approached the Federal Supreme Court, tried to enter, he did not succeed and the explosion occurred in front of the door”the governor of Brasilia, Celina Leao, declared to the press. According to preliminary information, it was a “suicide”added the governor. “There are no injuries”he clarified.
The federal police announced that they had opened an investigation into “the attacks”without further details.
This man was found dead after two explosions near the high court.
“We can confirm that there is a body before the Federal Supreme Court”a spokesperson for the federal police told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The body was seen in situ by an AFP photographer.
A little earlier, in a press release, the court had announced that at the end of Wednesday’s session, “Two loud explosions were heard and the judges were evacuated from the building for safety”. The staff at the site were also evacuated. “as a precautionary measure”.
The Supreme Court is located in the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, the heart of Brazilian democracy, in front of the presidential palace and Parliament.
Lula absent
The presidential palace is closed and no one can enter, an AFP photographer noted. The entire square is cordoned off by an imposing deployment of security forces.
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Laiana Costa, an official at the Union Court of Accounts, another official body, told local media that she saw “the passing man” : “Suddenly I heard a noise, I looked back, there was fire and smoke”.
Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was not in the presidential palace at the time of the explosions, a presidential spokesman told AFP.
On January 8, 2023, a week after Lula’s return to power, thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, a former far-right head of state defeated in the presidential elections at the end of 2022, broke into and looted the institutional seats of the Place des Trois. -Ports. The authorities had finally regained control of the situation.
Lula will host a G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday, bringing together most of the leaders of the world’s major economies. On Wednesday he will receive Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Brasilia.
