Brazil Congress riots: President Lula sacks army commander - BBC

Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has sacked the country's service chief, 2 weeks aft rioting successful the capital.

General Julio Cesar de Arruda had lone been successful the relation since 30 December - conscionable earlier erstwhile president Jair Bolsonaro's mandate ended.

President Lula has said helium suspects members of the equipped forces colluded with protesters.

He has dismissed dozens of subject officers successful caller days.

Thousands of supporters of Mr Bolsonaro stormed authorities buildings successful Brasília connected 8 January aft managing to march, mostly unchallenged, done the city.

Several constabulary officers were injured successful the unit and the statesmanlike palace, Congress and Supreme Court were vandalised aft rioters forced their mode in. Some 2,000 radical were detained connected the day, Brazil's national constabulary reported, and astir 1,200 stay nether arrest.

The Supreme Court is investigating what happened and is including Jair Bolsonaro successful the probe. Prosecutors said the far-right erstwhile person whitethorn person incited the riot aft posting a video that questioned the legitimacy of past year's statesmanlike election.

He has denied immoderate engagement successful oregon work for the uprising by his supporters.

General Arruda is being replaced by a subject commandant adjacent to the president - General Tomás Ribeiro Paiva. He made a code earlier this week urging soldiers to judge the effect of the statesmanlike election.

Unsubstantiated allegations of fraud successful October's predetermination were a driving information for galore Bolsonaro supporters progressive successful the storming. Many were besides enraged that President Lula, who was recovered blameworthy of corruption successful 2017 and spent clip successful situation earlier his convictions were annulled, was backmost successful power.

On Friday, Brazil's Defence Minister, José Múcio, said it was clip to crook the leafage and absorption connected the aboriginal of the state - adding that the subject arsenic an instauration was not progressive successful the rioting.

Meanwhile, Jair Bolsonaro remains successful Florida, wherever helium has been since helium refused to be President Lula's inauguration ceremony.

Last week, the erstwhile justness curate and a cardinal state of Mr Bolsonaro, Anderson Torres, was arrested aft being accused of "sabotaging" constabulary efforts to support the buildings.