Backers of the ex-president Jair Bolsonaro occupy parts of the parliament building in the capital, Brasilia, and also entered the Planalto presidential palace and Brazil’s Supreme Court.
Foreign media mentioned that those supporters stormed the Congress, the President’s House and the Supreme Court.
Foreign media reports that the country’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has condemned it as a ‘fascist’ attack.
Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro break a window as they invade Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. – Hundreds of supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration last week. (Photo by Sergio LIMA / AFP)
Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro clash with security forces during a demonstration against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
