The director general of the Federal Police of Brazil, Andrei Rodriguesassociated this Thursday the explosive attack in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Courtin Brasiliawhich ended with the suicide of the aggressor, to “active extremist groups.”
Rodrigues said in a press conference the possibility that it is an action “terrorist” which apparently sought to attack the judges of the Supreme Court. Its final objective was “to violently abolish the democratic rule of law“. He assured that it was a “premeditated” attack and possibly “planned” for months.
“It is not an isolated incident and may be connected to other ongoing investigations.“, among them with the invasion of the headquarters of the three powers, including that of the Supreme Court, which occurred on January 8, 2023, when thousands of far-right they incited a coup d’état against the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The attacker was identified as Francisco Wanderley Luizknown as Tiu França, a militant and former candidate for councilor of the Liberal Party (PL), a group led by the former Brazilian president and leader of the extreme right, Jair Bolsonarowho today regretted and repudiated what happened.
Luiz was 59 years old, he was a locksmith by profession, a native of the state of Santa Catarina (south) and had been in Brasilia for “three or four months.”
The events that occurred at the Brazilian judicial headquarters
The events occurred on Wednesday night, when the man tried to access the Supreme Court and, failing to do so, decided to launch explosive devices in front of the headquarters of the highest judicial body in the country, until at a certain point he took his own life.
The attacker also carried “a fire extinguisher loaded with gasoline that simulated a flamethrower.”
The attacker was wearing a belt with more explosiveswhich were only deactivated last morning, and “a fire extinguisher loaded with gasoline that simulated a flamethrower“. Previously, near that point, he remotely activated a set of fireworks which he left in a vehicle located in the parking lot of a building attached to the Chamber of Deputies.
At that location, authorities also found a truck with explosive material inside and a buried box yet to be analyzed. Likewise, they found more homemade bombs in the property he had rented in Ceilândiaon the periphery of Federal District of Brasilia.
At least one of them was hidden in a drawer and exploded when a Police robot was inspecting the house, without any officer being injured. According to Rodrigues, on the walls and mirrors of that home there were written messages that allude to the episode of the January 8, 2023. Luiz was in the Brazilian capital those days, although it is still unknown if he participated in the violent acts that day.
“This was not something thought up from one day to the next. There are devices with a detonator, a flamethrower, there was a whole preparation that points to a link with extremist groups“who spread their proclamations on social networks, said Rodrigues.
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