Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have invaded the country's presidential palace, Congress and ministries' building, according to witnesses.
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A man waves Brazil's flag as supporters of Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate outside Brazil's National CongressLula's Workers Party has asked the office of the top public prosecutor to order security forces in the capital to contain the demonstrators.The incidents have echoes of the 6 January 2021 invasion of the US Capitol and come after left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in on 1 January.
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. It comes just days after reports that the presidential palace had been left in a"deteriorated" condition after Mr Bolsonaro moved out, with several items allegedly missing.
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, a ceiling had been stained by water leaks, and a massive banquet hall left bare of furniture.
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