The incidents recall the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol and come just a week after leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed Congress in the capital, climbing on top of its roof and breaking the glass in its windows, while a group of police officers on stand by took videos on their phones.
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sunday Police earlier tried to stop the crowd, which is being referred by Brazilian media as “terrorists”, at police barricades around the complex with capsicum spray but were outnumbers.
Many of the protesters dispute the result of the October 30 election. The former president repeatedly questioned, without evidence, the credibility of the country’s electronic voting system, and many of his hardcore supporters believe him.Lula was in Sao Paulo for the weekend and on a trip to the interior of the state.
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