Alarm in Brazil: At least one dead after explosion in front of the Federal Supreme Court Lula da Silva was not there

Two explosion were recorded at an interval of 20 seconds on Wednesday night compared to Federal Supreme Court (STF), In the Plaza of the Three Powers in Brasília. According to military police, one person died. Police surrounded the area and the building was evacuated.

In a statement, the STF said that ““Two loud explosions were heard and ministers were evacuated from the building.” The note added that “we must await the outcome of the events for further information on the investigation” and that “STF security cooperates with DF police authorities.”

Following the blasts, the Institutional Security Office (GSI) launched a search operation around the Planalto Palace. Check for other explosives. Employees in the court building were evacuated and orders were given that no one should be near the windows.

Besides, A vehicle was set on fire in the vicinity of Annex IV of the ChamberAnd the police are also conducting raids to find out if other cars have explosives. They investigate if there is any connection between the explosion near the STF and the fire near the chamber.

,There are indications that this is the same person who caused the blast here (near the chamber) and ran towards the STF.

Sergeant Santos of the Military Police of the Federal District said to the press.

In that sense, an officer gave his testimony and said that he saw a man walking from the Plaza de los Tres Poderes in the direction of the STF and heard two explosions. “He passed by waving at us. I heard two explosions,” said Lyanna Costa, who works at the Union Court of Accounts (TCU).

During this time, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was not in Planalto at the time of the explosions. Since it was in the Palacio da Alvorada, four kilometers from the area. In the same building, he is currently meeting with the Director General of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodriguez, to try to clarify what happened.