In Brazil, a few days before the opening of the G20 summit which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, a man, carrying explosives, tried to enter the Supreme Court building in Brasília, the capital, on Wednesday, November 13. The Brazilian authorities are trying to understand the motive of the author of this failed attack. The man died, but has been identified. His name: Francisco Wanderley Luiz.
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In 2020, Francisco Wanderley Luiz ran for the position of municipal councilor under the colors of the Liberal Party of Jair Bolsonarothe former far-right president.
The man detonated a bomb in a car before setting off explosives around him, in front of the gate of the Federal Supreme Court. This building is located on the Place des Trois-Pouvoirs, opposite the Parliament and the presidential palace. This same square, which on January 8, after Lula’s return to power, thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro had ransacked.
Francisco Wanderley Luiz had rented a house and a trailer, in which the police found other manufactured explosives “ artisanal “. “ We do not yet know what the motivations were » of the attack, declared the head of the federal police. He added that a “ flame thrower » of homemade material had been found near the body of the assailant.
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A planned suicide attack, according to the director general of the federal police
The director general of the federal police indicated today that this suicide attack had been “ planned “, which they were also investigating “ active extremist groups “, and that he was waiting for a reaction ” energetic » from the authorities. A reference to the bill currently under discussion in Parliament on the possibility of amnesting Bolsonarist rioters.
On X, Jair Bolsonaro advocated “ union and national pacification “. “ I regret and reject any act of violence, like the sad episode yesterday on the Place des Trois Pouvoirs. Although this was an isolated event and apparently caused by mental health issues of the person who, unfortunately, ended up passing away, it is an event that should cause us to reflect », wrote Jair Bolsonaro on his X account.
For his part, Alexandre de Moraes, one of the most prominent judges of the Supreme Court, warned against any form of impunity towards those who attack democracy.