Security concerns are heightened in Brazil after an explosion outside the country’s Supreme Court Wednesday, Nov. 13, less than a week before G20 leaders are set to meet in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s Supreme Court is in the nation’s capital Brasilia, about 700 miles northwest of Rio.
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Authorities said a man killed himself while detonating explosives in Three Powers Plaza, which is home to all three branches of Brazil’s government, after unsuccessfully trying to get into the Supreme Court with the explosives.
Celina Leão, vice-governor of the Federal District, said the suspect blew up a car near Congress before heading to the Supreme Court. She said police were investigating the incident as a suicide attack.
Police have not identified the attacker, but they believe he was working alone.
