Brazilian Authorities To Take Action Over The Damages After Riot

Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power.

In images of violence and devastation reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 uprising at the U.S. Capitol, the protestors were calling for military intervention to either remove the freshly elected leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from office or restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power.

Rioters carrying the national flag's green and yellow torched windows, overturned furniture, and threw computers and printers to the ground.

They tore a door off one justice's office, punctured a large Emiliano Di Cavalcanti painting in five places, turned the justices' U-shaped table upside down, and damaged a well-known statue outside the court. The interiors of the great structures were left in a state of decay.

“The buildings will be examined for evidence, such as fingerprints and photos, to hold those accountable,” said Brazil's minister of institutional relations during a press conference. “The rioters presumably planned to incite similar activities around the country,” he added.

According to Justice Minister Flávio Dino, the actions constituted terrorism and attempted coup d'état, and investigators have started looking for those who funded the buses that carried demonstrators to the city.

The civil police of the federal district reported on Twitter that 300 persons had been detained so far.