Assault on institutions in Brazil, breaking news: Bolsonaro limits himself to rejecting "invasions of public buildings" and recalls those "of the left"

• Brazil Lula and Justice join forces to neutralize the coup plotters in Brazil, but uncertainty and tension continue

• International Lula attributes to Bolsonaro the responsibility for the assaults on the seats of power and dismisses the person in charge of security in Brasilia

• Album The most shocking images of the Bolsonaro assault on power

This Sunday, supporters of

have carried out a violent assault on the headquarters of the three powers in

.

A tide of people dressed in yellow and green has broken into and vandalized the headquarters of

, the

(STF) and

.

The country's president,

, has described what happened as "barbarism" and has attributed responsibility to Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro,

for his part, rejected on his Twitter account what he described as "unfounded" accusations by the new president, the leftist

, that he had incited the invasion of the seats of power in Brasilia.

The former president (2019-2022), who had traveled to the state of Florida last month on the penultimate day of his term, also defended the right to "peaceful protests" as an intrinsic part of democracy.

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8:42

At least 10 journalists attacked or robbed in the coup acts in Brasilia

At least ten journalists were attacked or robbed in the

organized in

this Sunday, when thousands of Bolsonaristas invaded the headquarters of the three powers in the Brazilian capital.

The Union of Journalists of the Brazilian capital counted ten cases in which journalists, from Brazilian and foreign media, were beaten, threatened and robbed.

Among those attacked is a journalist from the New Yorker magazine, who was beaten and knocked down by the protesters, and a photographer from the Brazilian media outlet Metropoles who was punched and kicked by ten men.

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8:32

Bolsonaro condemns "looting and invasions"

The far-right ex-president of

,

, condemned on Sunday the "looting and invasions of public buildings" after hundreds of his most radical followers broke into the headquarters of Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, causing various damage. .

Bolsonaro

rejected on his Twitter account what he described as "unfounded" accusations by the new president, the leftist Luiz Inácio

, that he had incited the invasion of the seats of power in Brasilia.

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8:26

Bolsonaristas stole firearms from the Brazilian Presidency

The radical Bolsonaristas who invaded the headquarters of the three powers this Sunday stole firearms stored in the Institutional Security Cabinet, in the Planalto presidential palace.

The Minister of Social Communication, Paulo Pimenta, showed in a video two empty firearms cases, on top of a partially burned sofa.

Deputy Wadih Damous, who accompanied the minister on the tour, stressed that the thieves "had information" about what was kept in that office, since they took weapons, ammunition and documents.

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8:15

Brazil begins the search for those responsible for the assault on the seats of political power

The

authorities have begun to launch

since Sunday night, after the assault by

on Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court, in an attack condemned by the international community.

In incidents

two years ago by supporters of then US President

, thousands of Bolsonaristas broke through police barriers and

, smashing windows and vandalizing offices.

The president of Brazil,

, who had gone to Araraquara, in the state of Sao Paulo (southeast), to see the disasters caused by the recent floods,

in the presidential palace and the highest court.

"The coup leaders who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,"

he wrote on Twitter.

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8:00

Bolsonaro supporters carry out an assault on institutions in Brazil

This Sunday, supporters of

have carried out a violent assault on the headquarters of the three powers in

.

A tide of people dressed in yellow and green has broken into and vandalized the headquarters of

, the

(STF) and

.

The country's president,

, has described what happened as "barbarism" and has attributed responsibility to Bolsonaro.

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