What changed in STF security after the 2024 suicide bomber?

To Prime Time Zone, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) said that it had taken measures to reinforce the security of the site, one of which was the complete renovation of the smart camera system technology park

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DF – EXPLOSIONS/STF/YESTERDAY – POLITICS – An IML (Legal Medical Institute) vehicle travels through Praça dos Três Poderes, in Brasília, on the night of Wednesday, November 13, 2024. A sequence of explosions that occurred early in the evening of yesterday, the 13th, caused the place to be isolated by the Military Police, generating apprehension among authorities and employees. The body of a man, identified as Francisco Wanderley Luiz, from Santa Catarina, was found at the scene after the bangs. In 2020, Luiz was a candidate for councilor in Rio do Sul (SC) for PL. An hour before the explosion, he published a post on social media attacking the STF, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the presidents of the two Houses of the National Congress.

22 months separated two attacks on Square of the Three Powersem : o , and the. The events put the security of Brazil’s political headquarters on alert, and raised doubts about what has changed since these episodes. To Jovem Pan, he said that he had taken measures to reinforce the security of the place, one of which was the complete renovation of the smart camera system technology park and the approval of a bill that expands the Court’s police force, aiming to mitigate risks and strengthen institutional security.

“We permanently maintain the improvement of its protection strategies and structures, based on technical studies, reports and risk analyses”, says the STF, adding that “all measures adopted are based on risk analysis reports and situational assessments, ensuring that each decision is supported by technical and strategic criteria”.

Brasilia suicide bomber case

On November 13, 2024, 59 years old, known as Tiü França, threatened to blow up Praça dos Três Poderes. He arrived carrying a backpack with explosives and, when approached by a security guard, asked him to move away, showing off the artifacts he was carrying. Tiü França threw two devices towards the , then lay down on an explosive and detonated it. He died in the explosion, which had no other victims.

Tiü França had lived in Brasília for a few months and attended the National Congress. The ex-wife said, at the time, that her ex-husband’s objective was to reach the minister and anyone who was nearby at the time of the attack. On social media, he used to publish critical messages and attacks on the STF, as well as posts in which he claimed to have placed bombs in the homes of journalists and politicians. In one of these publications, Francisco appears inside the Supreme Court, accompanied by the phrase: “They let the fox into the hen house”. In this publication there were attacks on the Supreme Court ministers, the president (PT) and the then presidents of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), and of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).

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