SAO PAULO (AP) — Police in Brazil said an explosion occurred Wednesday outside the country’s Supreme Court in the capital Brasilia. Images on local media showed a body on the ground.
A police statement said an artifact exploded outside the court without giving more details.
Jorge Macedo, an employee of Brazil’s highest court, told The Associated Press that he heard two explosions that caused the building to be evacuated. He said the person lying on the ground outside the court appeared to be dead.
Fire officials later confirmed one death but were unable to identify the person.
José Chrispiniano, a spokesman for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said the 79-year-old leader was not in the adjacent presidential palace at the time of the explosion.
