Its police proceeded to arrest a supporter of Zaich Bolsonaro Brazilas he tried to cause an explosion with explosives, a week before the inauguration of the country’s president-elect, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
The man in question, reported to be George Washington de Oliveira Souza, was arrested on Saturday. He had planted an explosive device on a tanker near Brasilia airport.
His goal, according to his statements to the police published in the local press, was to “cause chaos” and “the intervention of the armed forces” in order to “prevent the establishment of communism in Brazil”.
The police the tanker driver announcedafter finding the explosive device on Saturday morning.
Although detonation had been attempted, the mechanism failed to detonatesaid Robson Candido, a high-ranking Brasilia police official, during a press conference, according to news website G1.
“The serious events that happened yesterday in Brasilia prove that the camps of the so-called ‘patriots’ have become breeding grounds for terrorists”tweeted Flavio Dino, who is set to take over as justice minister in Lula’s next government.
The arrested person clarified that he had made the plan with other supporters of Bolsonarowho demonstrated for days after announcing the outgoing president’s defeat in front of the armed forces’ general staff in Brasilia.
The idea was to place at least two explosive devices in strategic placeswith the aim of “declaring the country under a state of siege” and “provoking the intervention of the armed forces,” Oliveira Souza told the police, according to Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.
Bolsonaro’s supporters had blocked roads and demonstrated in front of camps across the country, following Lula’s narrow victory in the Oct. 30 election (50.9% of the vote to 49.1%).
Months later, pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations are still taking place in front of some camps. In the apartment of Oliveira Souza, who worked at a gas station in the state of Pará (northern Brazil), the police found a significant amount of weapons.
Oliveira Souza said he was “inspired by the words of President Bolsonaro” to acquire the weaponswhose value is estimated at 160,000 reais (about $31,100), reports Folha de S. Paulo.
Bolsonaro has argued in public statements that “an armed people will never be enslaved.”
According to his confession, the prisoner wanted to distribute weapons to the people protesting in front of the camps.
Source: News Beast
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