Cop Brazil Notice on January 17 already arrest suspect second in a case car bomb plot failed just a week before the President’s inauguration Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The first suspect was arrested on December 24, 2022 following the driver of the truck discovered an explosive device mounted in the vehicle near the airport in the capital Brasilia, where the leftist leader’s inauguration took place. then a week.
Police said the suspect had failed to detonate an explosive device. The subject was identified as George Washington de Oliveira Sousa, a supporter of then-outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro.
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A police statement said that accomplice Alan Diego dos Santos Rodrigues, 32, surrendered on January 17 in Mato Grosso state, following being wanted and received advocacy from police and relatives. However, the third suspect is still on the run.
Bolsonaro’s supporters blocked highways and protested outside military barracks across the country for weeks following Lula won the second round of presidential elections on October 30 last year.
It was the bombing plot that led to the unprecedented tightening of security at Lula’s inauguration on January 1, 2023, as well as the riots a week later in the capital Brasilia. as thousands of Bolsorano supporters stormed government buildings, clashing with police and beating reporters.
Viet Hai (VNA/Vietnam+)
