RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil has deployed troops, armored autos and naval ships to strengthen safety across the summit of leaders from the Group of 20 main economies who meet on Monday and Tuesday at Rio de Janeiro’s bayside Museum of Fashionable Artwork.
Air site visitors, together with using drones, has been restricted and flights canceled for 2 days on the home Santos Dumont Airport close by.
Authorities are taking no possibilities after a failed bomb assault on Brazil’s Supreme Court docket within the capital Brasilia on Wednesday. Police mentioned a right-wing activist killed himself with explosives exterior the court docket after making an attempt to enter with a home made bomb.
Military troopers patrolled the neighborhood of the museum, streets have been closed off to site visitors and armored automobiles parked exterior the constructing the place G20 leaders will collect.
Naval boats patrolled the scenic Botafogo Bay between the museum and Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, whereas marines ran ashore from touchdown craft on an adjoining seaside.
“We can deploy troops very quickly from our naval base by using the sea as an access route if we need to reinforce security here,” Marine Captain Goncalves Maia informed reporters.
Federal police mentioned they swept the museum for bomb dangers and positioned snipers across the constructing to guard the 84 leaders and ministers anticipated to attend the summit.
The federal government applied a so-called Assure of Regulation and Order measure that permits short-term deployment of navy forces in the course of the summit with the facility to detain and arrest any suspect.
“We are operating at the highest level of security possible given the stature of the foreign authorities that will be here,” mentioned Federal Police Director Andrei Rodrigues.
A safety power of 26,000 members, together with 2,900 navy personnel, will police the realm and defend the summit venue.
