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Destructions in the Brazilian Congress
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On Sunday, supporters of Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the government district, their destructiveness will probably be expensive: According to a preliminary estimate, the total damage in the Chamber of Deputies in the Brazilian Congress alone is more than three million reais, the equivalent of around 540,000 euros - at least .
The Chamber of Deputies announced that the number only refers to destroyed furniture, window panes and computers that could be replaced.
400 computers were destroyed in the attack, and it would cost two million reais to buy them again.
The value of the destroyed and stolen works of art, on the other hand, cannot yet be estimated.
Many pieces are "invaluable".
No estimate for damage to the seat of government yet
The attackers had penetrated not only the Chamber of Deputies, but also the seat of government and the Supreme Court.
They rioted in the offices and boardrooms there.
No estimates are available for these buildings.
The radical Bolsonaro supporters briefly took control of the control centers of the most important state authorities in the South American country on Sunday.
Security forces took hours to get the situation under control.
The question now is what the former head of state Bolsonaro knew about the action in the Brazilian capital.
In the run-up to the elections, the right-wing ex-president repeatedly cast doubt on the credibility of the elections.
Two days before the end of his term in office, he flew with his family to the United States on New Year's Day, where he has been in the state of Florida ever since.
Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Monday for severe abdominal pain.
On Monday evening (local time), Bolsonaro announced via Twitter that he had been discharged from the clinic.
Thousands of people demonstrated in several Brazilian cities on Tuesday to defend democracy.
They also demanded harsh consequences for the perpetrators.
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