Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said on Thursday that the suicide bomber who tried to get into the top court on Wednesday had intended to blow up the building, casting it as part of a growing wave of attacks on democracy.

Authorities say a man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed himself in explosions outside the building that forced justices and staff to evacuate

Federal police inspects the ground after a suspect in a bomb attack killed himself outside the Brazilian Supreme Court building the morning after explosions in the Three Powers Square in Brasilia, Brazil November 14,

A man killed by explosions outside of Brazil's Supreme Court in Brasilia on Wednesday night is suspected to have been trying to launch an attack.

The Supreme Court in recent years has become a target for threats by far-right groups and supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro due to its crackdown on the spread of false information.

One person has been found dead following two explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court and Congress in Brasilia, CNN Brasil reports.

Two explosions outside Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday killed a man and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia. The court said in a statement that two very strong blasts were heard at about 7:30 p.