Brazil politician throws grenades at police in Rio de Janeiro state - BBC

A Brazilian person is successful custody aft throwing grenades astatine constabulary officers who came to his location successful Rio de Janeiro authorities to apprehension him.

Roberto Jefferson, an state of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, wounded 2 officers earlier surrendering connected Sunday.

A Supreme Court justice earlier ordered his detention for insulting Chief Justice Carmen Lucia. He was already nether location apprehension for threatening her.

Mr Bolsonaro reacted by saying those who fired astatine constabulary should beryllium arrested.

The 2 officers were wounded by shrapnel from a grenade during the onslaught successful Levy Gasparian, northbound of the authorities superior Rio de Janeiro. They were taken to infirmary and aboriginal discharged.

Mr Jefferson, the 69-year-old erstwhile person of the PTB governmental party, besides fired a fig of shots from a rifle, shattering the windshield of a constabulary car.

Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the person to beryllium detained connected the grounds that helium violated the conditions of location arrest.

Political tensions are precocious successful Brazil up of Sunday's statesmanlike predetermination run-off betwixt Mr Bolsonaro and left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Mr Lula - who is inactive seen arsenic the front-runner - fell abbreviated of the 50% of valid votes needed to forestall a run-off successful the archetypal circular earlier this month.