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.

The authorities were treating the blasts in Brasília, the capital, as the work of a lone bomber, who was believed to have been the person killed.

Two powerful explosions occurred at Brazil's supreme court around 7:30 p.m., shortly after the day's session concluded.

Police have identified the man who killed himself in a blast outside Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday night as a former city council candidate from ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing party with a history of heated political rhetoric online.

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.