Explosions in Brasília: PF opens investigation, and Lula meets with general director
The Federal Police (PF) decided to open an investigation to investigate the two explosions that occurred in front of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), in Brasília (DF), on Wednesday night (13).
The explosions were heard at an interval of about half a minute, at around 7:30 pm. One person died. The Praça dos Três Poderes area was isolated.
According to information from journalist Renata Agostini, columnist for The GlobePresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) had a meeting with the general director of the PF, Andrei Rodrigues, at Palácio da Alvorada. Lula is being informed about the case.
The decision for the PF to enter the case was taken quickly, especially as it was an alleged attack on a federal public body.
Explosions are heard in Praça dos Três Poderes; body is found in front of the STF
The area has been isolated by authorities, who will sweep the area. According to information from the Fire Department, one person died
Two explosions and one dead
The area has been isolated by authorities, who will sweep the area. According to information from the Fire Department, one person died. The body was found on the sidewalk, in front of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). In addition to firefighters, military personnel are on site.
According to information from security guards at the Chamber of Deputies, from where it was possible to hear the explosions, a car had exploded in the parking lot located between the STF and Annex IV of the Chamber. This information has not yet been confirmed by the authorities.
The two explosions were heard around 7:30 pm, and there was a lot of smoke at the scene, according to witnesses.
Ministers and STF officials were safely evacuated after “loud bangs”
According to the STF, employees and collaborators had to be removed from the building in the early evening, after “two loud bangs” heard in the central area of the federal capital.
Agents from the Institutional Security Office (GSI), responsible for the security of Palácio do Planalto, immediately went to the location to understand what had happened.
“When an incident occurs with a suspected explosive, which has an explosion, the PM’s Operation Petardo is activated, and the Special Operations Battalion, BOPE, goes to the location to carry out a sweep to check if there are any more explosives. It is possible that not all explosives were detonated in the explosion,” said PM Major Raphael van der Broocke, according to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
“For the safety of other people and even to remove the body, it is necessary to carry out this scan”, he explained.
The Civil Police of the Federal District reported that it has already started “the first investigative measures and forensics has been called to the scene”.
Security was reinforced at Palácio do Planalto, which is on the opposite side of the Supreme Court.
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