The investigation investigates the explosions that occurred on Wednesday in Brasília as “a terrorist action” and an attempt to “violently abolish the Democratic Rule of Law”. “It is not an isolated fact”, said this Thursday (14) the director of the PF, Andrei Passos Rodrigues, at a press conference, after a man, with explosives, died the day before when he tried to attack the Federal Supreme Court (). There were no other victims.
The police investigation sees signs of “long-term planning” and possible “connections” with the episodes of January 8, 2023 in Brasília, when opponents of the then recently inaugurated president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attacked the headquarters of the Três Poderes and caused serious damage. The attacker, Francisco Wanderley Luiz, 59 years old and former candidate for councilor for the party of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), had arrived in Brasília months before his attack and rented a house and a trailer, where more explosives were found. “artisanal” manufacturing.
At the residence, located in a “strategic point” close to the Federal Supreme Court, a message was also found alluding to the acts of January 8, 2023. The police found that the attacker was in Brasília on that date, although they are still analyzing whether he participated of the riot that Justice is investigating as an attack on democracy.
“We still don’t know the motivation for the crime,” said the director of the Federal Police. Although he stated that it was an “individual” action, he warned that “extremists are active”. During the search of the residence that the attacker had rented, the entry of an anti-explosive robot caused a strong detonation. Authorities also reported that, upon arriving near the Federal Supreme Court, the subject was carrying a homemade “flamethrower” and a device that could be a detonator.
*With information from AFP
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