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.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.

• 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.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.