The owner of the car that exploded near the Supreme Court of Brazil turned out to be a man Francisco Wonderly Louis member Liberal Partyacronym coined by former President Jair BolsonaroOfficial sources reported this.
According to police sources, the explosions were a suicide attack.
A police spokesman said the perpetrator of the attack He committed suicide by detonating an explosive device.apparently homemade, next to the statue in front of the high court.
After this explosion, a second explosion occurred in a car that was parked nearby, next to the building of the Chamber of Deputies.
According to initial police investigations, it can be stated that both explosions are related.
In the trunk of the car, as confirmed by an EFE journalist, there were remains of explosives and bricks.
The body of the deceased, still unidentified, remained on the ground in front of the Supreme Court building, partially mutilated by the explosion.
The events occurred at the beginning of the night, when the plenary session of the court was ending, and the reasons for what happened are unknown today.
Security forces are on the scene and have sealed off the area, which also houses the headquarters of the Legislative Assembly and the Planalto Palace, the headquarters of the President of the Republic.
Federal police have taken over the investigation of the case and will investigate “rigorously and quickly,” Brazil’s Attorney General Jorge Messias said in a post on social media.
The Supreme Court headquarters was one of the buildings attacked, along with the Planalto Palace and Congress headquarters, by thousands of Bolsonaro supporters on January 8, 2023, in an attack that the judge views as an attempted coup against President Luiz Inacio Lula. da Silva.
The Supreme Court is one of the main targets of attacks by both former President Jair Bolsonaro and his followers. (EFE)