Brazil's Supreme Court has been evacuated after two explosions killed one person in a square near Congress and the presidential palace on Wednesday night, police said, adding to security concerns just days before the country is set to host the G20 summit. The above concerns have increased.
The explosion occurred five days before the leaders of 20 major countries and regions met in Rio de Janeiro, followed by an official visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Brasilia.
The first explosion occurred Wednesday in a parking lot near the courthouse building. The Supreme Court justices had just finished their plenary session and were quickly evacuated to safety, the court said in a statement.
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Federal police said they had sent a bomb squad to a plaza in the center of Brazil's capital to investigate the explosion. The country's attorney general described the explosion as an “attack” on social media.
A police vehicle is seen in front of Brazil's Supreme Court after an explosion at the Plaza de Santos in Brasilia, Brazil, November 13, 2024. (Reuters/Tom Molina)
Police told local television that the man's body found in the square was rigged with explosives and that they would carefully examine the body in case there was another explosion.
The explosions were heard around Plaza de la Trinidad, an iconic plaza in Brasilia that connects the main buildings of the three branches of Brazil's federal government.
It was the site of a riot on January 8 last year, when supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro ransacked buildings to protest his election loss.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had left the executive residence Wednesday night just before the explosion.
