The Court of Justice of São Paulo on Thursday decreed Preventive detention for the man who ran over 20 people in an attempt to cross a road block made by supporters of the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro.
According to the UOL news portal, the preventive detention was declared with the justification of having caused “social scream”, in the incident that left at least 10 people injured on Wednesday.
Even according to this portal, the man said he was accompanied by his mother inside the car and that he began to be threatened and attacked by the protesters. In fear, he decided to move forward and break through the blockade.
According to the Military Police, cited by the local press, of the 10 people who were injured in the clash on the Washington Luiz road, a city 452 kilometers from São Paulo, two are children aged 11 and 12 and three are police officers.
Two people had to be transferred to the Rio Preto Base Hospital and are in serious condition. On Wednesday, the Brazilian president sought to calm the spirits and called on the protesters who support him to stop blocking the roads throughout the country, an action that began in the early hours of Monday because they considered that the results of the presidential elections They had been fraudulent.
“I want to call on you, clear the roads. This is not part, in my opinion, of these legitimate manifestations. We are not going to lose our legitimacy here,” Bolsonaro said, in a video recorded and shared on social media. networks
“We are going to clear them for the good of our nation and so that we can continue fighting for democracy and freedom,” he stressed.
These statements seem to have paid off since on Monday it exceeded 300 roads blocked in 24 states – due to the initial inaction of the Road Police, whose director is an alleged ‘Bolsononarista’- and now they are already present in just seven states of the states of country on just over 70 roads.
With 100% of the votes scrutinized, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential elections for a narrow margin, receiving 50.9% of the votes, compared to 49.1% of Jair Bolsonaro, who was looking for a new four-year term.
Lula Da Silva will again assume the presidency of Brazil on January 1, 2023 for a third term, after governing the country between 2003 and 2010.
Source: TSF
