Explosions around the Supreme Court in Brazil: one person is dead and the building was evacuated

At least two explosions were heard this wednesday night at the end of a session around the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. As a result of the event, ministers, officials and employees were evacuated from the building in Brasilia for security reasons. Meanwhile, it was known that one person died in the vicinity of the place, and it is believed that it was the same one that detonated the explosions.

”At the end of the STF session on Wednesday (13), Two loud bangs were heard and the ministers were evicted from the building.. The staff and employees of the headquarters building were evicted as a precautionary measure. We will have to wait for the development of events to obtain more information about the investigations. “STF security is cooperating with the police authorities of the Federal District,” they explained in a statement.

The dead person would be the one who detonated the explosions

According to the first information, the explosions would have been in the Plaza de los Tres Poderes area, where the highest court building is located. Likewise, it should be noted that at the time of the incident President Lula da Silva was not in the Planalto Palace – next to the square – If not, it was in the Alvorada Palace, four kilometers from the place.

The area was cordoned off and the Civil Police of the Federal District reported that they had already begun ”the first investigative proceedings”, as well as the Military Police and Firefighters inspecting the area in search of explosives.

According to the media State, One of the detonations came from a car, which had a Santa Cantarina license plate, and was registered in the name of Francisco Wanderley Luiz. In addition, they indicated that he was carrying “a type of bomb tied with bricks.”

”The car has some kind of bomb. It has several explosives broken up and tied with bricks around it, but the explosives did not ignite at all. The individual fled and we believe he was leaving there. I think this is the same person who tried to set off an explosion here. (in the car), he did not succeed and ran towards the STF. “We believe it is the same person who is dead.”said Police Sergeant Santos.

The local Security Secretary, Sandro Avelardeclared: ”Right now, we are working to understand what happened and we are sending a very large force from the PMDF special battalion to close part of the Esplanade,” he declared.

Furthermore, according to a witness, a man passed by with a bag in his handhe braked, shook his thumb up and there the first explosion was heard. Then, he looked back and saw how the same person threw something near the statue of Justice, and it subsequently fell to the ground. Another witness pointed to the vehicle: ”They told me he stopped the car, He took things out of the trunk and got out with a backpack on his back. and suddenly we heard explosions. “When we went to look, there was very strong smoke, the car was on fire and then we learned that there was a death.”