Brazil Probing Possible Bomb Placed Outside Supreme Court
- Brazilian police are investigating a possible bomb in a backpack thrown outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia and have arrested a suspect.
- The court said the suspect tried to jump the court’s fences and threw a backpack on top of a bus stop.
- Police restricted access while a bomb squad prepared to inspect the object using a “rigorous procedure,” according to spokesperson Raphael Broocke.
- The incident occurred during tense campaigning before Brazil’s presidential election, involving Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro.
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A person has behaved suspiciously, throwing backpack near Brazil's Supreme Court. Police have cordoned off the area.
A dozen patrols came to the area and access was restricted, according to an AFP journalist.
Man is detained after leaving suspicious backpack near the headquarters of the STF in Brasília A man was detained on the night of Thursday (1st) after leaving a backpack near the Supreme Federal Court (STF), in the Three Powers Square, in Brasília. According to preliminary information, the man tried to jump the grid and was barred. According to preliminary information from the Military Police, the man threw the backpack at a bus point located ne…
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