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Múltiples explosiones frente al Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil: un muerto y evacuaron la sede

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Al menos dos explosiones se registraron frente a la sede del Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil este miércoles, lo que llevó a la evacuación de la sede que alberga la máxima instancia judicial en Brasilia.

La policía brasileña confirmó la explosión aunque aún no sus causas. En medios locales mostraban un cuerpo en el suelo, de una persona muerta.

El comunicado policial indicaba que un artefacto explotó afuera del tribunal -equiparable a la Corte Suprema argentina- sin proporcionar más detalles.

Jorge Macedo, un empleado del máximo tribunal del país, le dijo a la agencia AP que escuchó dos explosiones y que se desalojó el edificio. Indicó que la persona que yacía en el suelo afuera del tribunal parecía estar muerta.

Posteriormente, los bomberos confirmaron una muerte pero no identificaron a la persona.

“Al final de la sesión del STF de este miércoles, se escucharon dos fuertes estruendos y los ministros fueron retirados del edificio de manera segura. También servidores y empleados del edificio de la sede fueron retirados como medida de precaución”, informó en un comunicado el Supremo Tribunal.

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En tanto, José Chrispiniano, un portavoz de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, dijo que el presidente de Brasil, de 79 años, no estaba en el palacio presidencial lindero a la sede tribunalicia en el momento de la explosión.

En la zona de la Plaza de los Tres Poderes, centro burocrático de la capital brasileña, aún trabajan policías, bomberos y servicios de emergencia, en un alto de despliegue de unidades para el operativo en curso.

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Fire kills at least 10 people in Spanish retirement home

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At least 10 people were killed after a fire broke out in a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro early Friday, authorities said.

The blaze started in one of the rooms, Fernando Beltran, the national government’s top official in Aragon region, told reporters.

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All the victims were elderly people living in the Jardines de Villafranca residence, a care home for people with mental health issues, Aragon regional president Jorge Azcon told reporters.

One person was in a critical condition and another was in a serious condition, Azcon said.

Members of the criminalistics unit of the Spanish civil guard work at the nursing home that caught fire early on Friday, killing several people, according to the regional government of Aragon, in Villafranca de Ebro, Spain, Friday.  (Reuters/Pablo Ibanez)

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The fire started at around 5 a.m. local time, and it took about two hours for firefighters to extinguish it, a spokesperson for the regional government said.

Firefighter chief Eduardo Sanchez told reporters the fire was contained to the room where it started and that the fatalities were caused by smoke inhalation.

«The doors were closed, they prevented the fire from spreading. The tragedy could have been worse,» Azcon said after visiting the building.

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Several residents were treated, mainly for smoke inhalation, mayor Volga Ramirez said.

Authorities have opened an investigation into the cause of the fire.

Azcon said the priority now was to transfer the residents who were not injured in the blaze to another care home in nearby Huesca.

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