Francisco Wanderley Luiz, 59, spent long periods in and visited important public buildings in the federal capital, in which he blew himself up on Wednesday night (13).
Francisco’s ex-wife reported In this last season, in 2024, she would have arrived in July and rented a small property in Ceilândia, in the administrative region of .
that Francisco always paid the R$570 rent on time — sometimes in advance — and used to go to Praça dos Três Poderes by bicycle. He also stated that he met the author of the attacks on his first visit to the federal capital.
The apartment rented by Francisco contained , arrested for participating in the coup acts. Federal police used a robot to open the residence.
The locksmith was also known to traders who, where one of the explosions occurred, in a car registered in his name.
about three months ago and used to sit next to the vehicle.
Furthermore, they stated that he went to the place more than once during the week of the attack, when he consumed broth and cake from traders in the region.
In Ceilândia, a week before the attack, . He spent R$295 on a set (pie) of 64 20 mm tubes, according to the store owner. On the same day, he returned to buy more intense fireworks. He spent another R$1,250 on a box of fireworks with 25 60 mm tubes.
Francisco was also on Wednesday morning in annex four of the Chamber. According to the Casa’s press office, the locksmith entered the premises at 8:15 am, went to the bathroom and “soon left”.
According to the Chamber, a sweep was carried out in all the places he passed and nothing was found. In a statement, he also said that “there was no record of any explosion in the area” of the House.
Jorge Goetten (-SC) reported that Francisco was in his office a few times last year and one last time in August this year.
. “I was happy with his visit, I’m always happy with visits, even more so when it’s a fellow countryman. We are very shaken,” he told Sheet.
Francisco also visited on August 24th of this year, when he participated in a public visit to the site. The tour schedule was suspended by the courts after the attack.
On the night of the explosion, the man went to the location again, but was stopped by security guards. After the attempt, he went in front of the statue of Justice, where he died from explosives he was carrying.
The director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, said he is investigating whether the Santa Catarina locksmith participated in and planned the attack in the long term.
For the general director, the action was premeditated. He pointed out as evidence the presence of the locksmith on previous occasions and the artifacts found in his car and in the place he rented in DF. Andrei attributed the action to the radicalization of extremist groups.
Francisco contested the 2020 election as a candidate for councilor for the PL, with the name Tiü França, without being elected — he received 98 votes.
