The Legislative Police will sweep the building after the explosion in Praça dos Três Poderes, in Brasília. The Senate is being evacuated right now.
The president of the Senate, ), lamented the death and said that the acting governor of the Federal District, Celina Leão (PP), called him to inform him of the actions of the DF security forces.
“Governor Celina Leão, who is the acting governor, told me that they are carrying out sweeps at Praça dos Três Poderes identifying any type of suspect. [Ligou] just communicating these events and the security forces of the Federal District acting”, he said.
Representative Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ), who presided over the Chamber session during the explosions, stated that the President of the House was on a flight and was informed of what had happened.
“The president was on a flight at the time. We communicated to see[o que fazer]but as he was on the flight I had to make the decision together with the head of security at the House”, said the parliamentarian.
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