Brasilia: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest of the city's public security chief after supporters of right-wing ex-president Jair Bolsonaro vandalized government buildings on Tuesday, a source told Reuters.

Anderson Torres, who served as Bolsonaro's justice minister before taking over this month as director of public security for Brasilia, where thousands of protesters ransacked the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential offices on Sunday, was named justice. Alexander de Moraes was taken into custody. , It was not immediately clear what was being charged.

A request for comment from Reuters was not immediately answered by Torres. The Supreme Court ruled that it was unable to validate the arrest warrant.

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Torres was removed from his post on Sunday after receiving criticism for the failure of security forces to prevent the invasion and looting of important government buildings.

He had earlier told local media on Sunday that Bolsonaro is currently holidaying with his family in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Police were seen by Reuters outside the Torres family home in a posh Brasilia neighbourhood, where a local claimed they left with the bags. Police interrogated about 1,500 protesters who had been herded into packed gymnasiums across the city while troops destroyed their camp next to the army headquarters. On Sunday, the protesters left and stormed government buildings.

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According to protesters in the camp, leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won October's election by a razor-thin margin over Bolsonaro, who falsely claimed the vote was rigged.

Bolsonaro called for a military coup to nullify the result. In a speech on Tuesday, Moraes, who is in charge of probing the "democratic" demonstrations, vowed to fight "terrorists" calling for a coup.

At a swearing-in ceremony for a new chief of the federal police, Moraes declared, "Democracy will prevail and Brazil's institutions will not bow."

However, the difficulty of conducting such a massive criminal investigation into a haphazardly planned Bolsonaro support rally was already becoming apparent in the early weeks of a new administration.

Some 1,500 detainees were held for interrogation in a police gymnasium, where they slept on the floor, some of them wrapped in the Brazilian flag, and a Reuters reporter complained that they had been detained for long periods of time. Went and got spoiled food. In the video shared on social media, he is seen singing the song and taking selfies with his phone.

Opposition senator Marcos do Val told reporters outside the gym after criticizing the Brasilia attack as a political correct blunder, saying many of those detained were "paying for being in the wrong place at the wrong time."

According to police, till late afternoon, 527 people had been detained and 599 had been released, most of whom were elderly, parents or people with health issues.

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About 1,500 people were detained for questioning in a police gymnasium, where they slept on the floor, some of them wrapped in Brazilian flags, and received prolonged detention and poor food from a Reuters reporter. talked about doing. In a video posted on social media, he sang and took a phone selfie.

Opposition senator Marcos do Val criticized the Brasilia attack as a political correct blunder and said many of those detained were "paying for being in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Most of the detainees were elderly, parents, or individuals with health problems; By late afternoon, 527 had been detained and 599 had been released.