Brazil:Bolsonaro supporters attack police hq,buses, cars set on fire

In Brazil, supporters of  outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro have attempted to invade federal police headquarters in the capital, in a burst of post-election violence on the day Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was certified as the country’s next president.Witnesses saw Bolsonaro supporters, many in their trademark yellow national football jerseys or draped in Brazilian flags, confronting security forces on Monday night at police headquarters in Brasilia.Police fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd, the Reuters news agency reported, and nearby buses and cars were set on fire. Federal police said “disturbances” near the headquarters were being handled with support from capital security forces. The violence unfolded after a Bolsonaro supporter was detained for allegedly organizing violent "anti-democratic acts," according to the judge who ordered his arrest on Monday.

Lula, whose inauguration is scheduled for January 1, broke down in tears at the ceremony ratifying his election victory. Speaking after receiving the official “diploma” declaring him the winner, the 77-year-old ex-metalworker was overcome with emotion as he praised “the boldness of the Brazilian people in handing this document to someone who’s been attacked so many times for not having a university diploma”.