Millions Of Bolsonaro Supporters Protest In Brazil, Thousands Storm Congress, Lula Orders Crackdown, Shots Fired

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Millions Of Bolsonaro Supporters Protest In Brazil, Thousands Storm Congress, Lula Orders Crackdown, Shots Fired
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Jan 8 protest in Brasilia

Millions of Brazilians have descended on the capital of Brasilia to protest the stolen elections and are currently storming the National Congress. Police are using tear gas, Gunfire has been reported.

Reports put the number of protestors in the capital in the millions.

Lula was in São Paulo at the time of the attack and Congress was not in session.

The attack followed months of protests by Bolsonaro supporters, who claim the election Lula won in October was stolen. Bolsonaro spent much of his presidential campaign making false claims about the integrity of the country’s electoral system. The former right-wing president reluctantly accepted defeat days after the election, but in late November he officially contested Lula’s victory, citing an issue with the software used in the voting system

The brazilian have been protesting for 68 days now. And the supr br court just mocked us. Now people had enough. The brazilian congress is being invaded. People are not going to take a criminal in charge and clear rigged elections

Protestors have broken through the barriers around the National Congress and are storming the building:

Gunfire or explosions can be heard on some. It was not clear if it was live ammo being fired, or tear gas and rubber bullets.

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Protestors seem to have cornered Police on the roof, who opened fire before retreating:

THE NATIONAL CONGRESS BUILDING IS BEING TOTALLY OCCUPIED BY PROTESTERS

The presidential Palace has also been occupied:

Protestors have also stormed the Supreme Court, which is mainly responsible for the Communist coup and election fraud denialism:

Injured protesors were carried on stretchers, apparently with bullet wounds:

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Brazil observer Matt Tyrmand called it “civil war”:

Update (1633ET): President Lula has declared a ‘federal intervention’ until January 31 in response to the protest, while police could be seen arresting dozens of people.

More via The Brazilian Report: 

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What appears to be thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress building in Brasilia on Sunday, as well as the Presidential Palace and the nation’s top court, according to news agency LUSA.

The protesters are calling for military intervention to overthrow President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was inaugurated last week.

Since the October 30 elections, in which Lula defeated Bolsonaro, hundreds of people have been camped in front of the Army Headquarters in Brasília.

Footage shared on social media showed hundreds of people pouring into the building. The protesters were met with police tear gas. 

A Brasília-based reporter shared a video on Twitter purportedly showing the protesters storm the building. –DW

Lula blames Bolsonaro

“Everyone knows that the ex-president stimulated this,” said Lula. “He stimulated the invasions of the three branches of government. This is his responsiblity and the responsiblity of the parties that support him. We are going to investigate profoundly and quickly.”

According to LUSA, the group, wearing yellow and green T-shirts and Brazilian flags, crossed police barriers and climbed the ramp which allows access to the Congress.

This is a developing story. We will update this as we learn more information.

 

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