Five persons have been detained by Brazilian police on suspicion of plotting the assassination of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva just before he took office.
According to local media, one police officer and four soldiers were among those arrested on Tuesday.
On December 15, 2022, just over two weeks before the presidential inauguration, the five were allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate President-elect Lula and Geraldo Alckmin, his running partner for the presidency.
In October 2022, Lula narrowly defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who never acknowledged defeat in public.
Supporters of Bolsonaro assaulted the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidential palace a week after Lula took office, causing damage to the structures.
After a while, police arrested thousands of rioters and cleared the buildings.
