Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have clashed with security personnel and stormed the National Congress building in Brasilia
Videos posted on Twitter also revealed the destruction protesters have caused inside the Supreme Federal Court, including trashed-up furniture and smashed windows.Brazil's Public Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the Attorney General requested the"immediate opening of criminal investigative proceedings aimed at the accountability of those involved".
The incidents have echoes of the 6 January 2021 invasion of the US Capitol and come after the left-wing Mr da Silva was sworn in on 1 January.Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police outside the Planalto Palace building Lula da Silva beat Bolsonaro in the vote but the former president repeatedly questioned, without evidence, the credibility of the country's electronic voting system. Many of his hardcore supporters have continued to believe him.
According to Ms da Silva, who showed Brazilian TV network TV Globo around after she moved in, rugs had been torn, floors damaged, a window broken, water leaks had stained a ceiling, and a massive banquet hall left bare of furniture.
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