One dead after two reported explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has been evacuated as federal police swarm the area to investigate the evening attack.
Federal police in Brazil are investigating after a pair of explosions rocked the heart of the country’s capital Brasilia, just steps away from the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
At least one person was reported dead. The court itself was evacuated, as plumes of smoke and fire were visible from the air.
“At the end of the [Supreme Court] session on Wednesday, two loud bangs were heard, and the ministers were safely removed from the building,” the court said in a press release.
In a separate statement, the federal police indicated it had deployed a rapid intervention group and a bomb control squad to the area, known as Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza.
Those units, it explained, were in charge of “carrying out initial security actions and analysing the site”.
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