The Facts

• A man apparently killed himself on Brazil's Three Powers Plaza, a square connecting key government buildings in Brasília, on Wednesday in what authorities have called an attempted bombing attack on the country's top court.

• He was identified as 59-year-old Francisco Wanderley Luiz, who unsuccessfully ran for city council in 2020 in the southern state of Santa Catarina as a candidate for the Liberal Party, which former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro joined a year later.

• This comes as two blasts were heard at the scene at around 7:30 p.m. The first took place in a parking lot near the Supreme Court and the Chamber of Deputies, and the latter in the Three Powers Plaza.He was identified as Francisco Wanderley Luiz, who unsuccessfully ran for city council in 2020 as a candidate for the Liberal Party, which former Pres. Jair Bolsonaro — who condemned the attack on social media — joined a year later.