Brasilia's entire police force to deploy for Lula inauguration ceremony amid fears of violence
Issued on: 28/12/2022 - 10:37
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Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration will be secured by “100 percent” of the capital district’s police force, an official said Tuesday amid widespread fears of violence.
Over the weekend, a man was arrested after allegedly placing explosives in a fuel truck near Brasilia’s airport, hoping to sow “chaos” ahead of the inauguration Sunday.
The suspect was a supporter of Brazil’s outgoing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and told authorities he wanted to “prevent the establishment of communism in Brazil” under leftist Lula.
The device did not explode.
On Sunday “there will be a mobilization of 100 percent of the police forces of the Federal District (of Brasilia) to ensure the safety not only of the president, but also of foreign delegations and the public,” Lula’s future security minister Flavio Dino told reporters.
Lula backers have expressed fear on social media of riots or attacks on inauguration day, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend events in Brasilia.
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