'The fight against terrorists and rioters will be intensified,' said Brazil's incoming justice minister. 'Democracy has won and will win.'
"The fight against terrorists and rioters will be intensified," said Brazil's incoming justice minister. "Democracy has won and will win."With Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set to be inaugurated on Sunday, the country's authorities are ramping up security measures amid fears that supporters of defeated far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will attempt to cause chaos and possibly launch a violent attack on the ceremony.
Such concerns grew over the weekend after Brazil's capital police arrested a man who planted a bomb near Brasilia's airport, close to where Lula was staying. "On December 24, Brasilia police said they had foiled a bomb plot, arresting a man with ties to a group of pro-Bolsonaro election deniers camped outside the army headquarters, who have been urging the military to overturn Lula's victory,"Tuesday. "George Washington Sousa, who confessed to making the device and plotting with other camp-dwellers to detonate it, said he had hoped that the bomb would 'provoke a military intervention...
"All procedures will be reassessed, with a view to strengthening security," Flávio Dino tweeted. "And the fight against terrorists and rioters will be intensified. Democracy has won and will win." To secure the inauguration and head off any potential violence, "100% of the police forces" of Brasilia will be mobilized to "ensure the safety not only of the president, but also of foreign delegations and the public," Dino
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