Brazil election: Man with explosive device, knife detained at Lula inauguration – National | 24CA News

Brazilian police detained a person on Sunday with an explosive machine and a knife who was making an attempt to enter Brasilia’s esplanade for President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration, Alan Campos, from Brasilia’s army police, instructed Reuters.

Lula has been sworn in as president within the capital, Brasilia, assuming workplace for the third time after thwarting outgoing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection bid.

Lula was president from 2003-2010, and his return to energy marks the end result of a political comeback that’s each thrilling supporters and enraging opponents in a fiercely polarized nation.

His presidency is unlikely to be much like his earlier two mandates, coming after the tightest presidential race in additional than three many years in Brazil and resistance to his taking workplace by a few of his opponents.

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Brazil election: Bolsonaro avoids conceding to Lula, however transition to start

The leftist defeated far-right Bolsonaro within the Oct. 30 vote by lower than 2 proportion factors. For months, Bolsonaro had sown doubts concerning the reliability of Brazil’s digital vote and his loyal supporters have been loath to just accept the loss.

(Reporting by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

— With information from The Associated Press