Man killed as gunfire interrupts Bolsonaro ally’s Sao Paulo marketing campaign By Reuters

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A person was killed close to a marketing campaign occasion in Sao Paulo for a detailed ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday, authorities stated, after the sound of gunfire interrupted the occasion.

The candidate operating for governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio Freitas, stated the incident appeared unrelated to his marketing campaign. There have been no preliminary indicators of political motives.

Officers stated the person was killed close to the occasion within the metropolis’s Paraisopolis neighborhood, however gave no additional particulars on his id.

Sao Paulo Public Safety Secretary Joao Camilo Campos stated preliminary data urged there had not been an assault focusing on Freitas, though investigators had not dominated out any potentialities.

The scare comes amid a tense election season in Brazil, with presidential campaigns stepping up safety measures amid a rising tide of political violence.

Freitas, who beforehand served as Bolsonaro’s infrastructure minister, had a robust lead within the first spherical of Sao Paulo’s gubernatorial race over an ally of leftist presidential challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Each races now go to a runoff vote on Oct. 30.

Shortly after the pictures had been heard, Freitas stated on Twitter he was attacked by criminals in an try at intimidation, though he later stated he believed the incident was not associated to his marketing campaign.

“To begin with, we’re all effective. Throughout a go to to the first College Hub of Paraisopolis, we had been attacked by criminals,” he stated, including that police had responded rapidly.

“A prison was shot. We’re trying into particulars of the scenario,” he wrote.

At a information convention afterward Monday, he added: “It has nothing to do with an electoral concern; it’s a territorial concern right here in slums in communities within the state of Sao Paulo.”

A number of loud bangs may be heard in a video shot by native media close to the occasion. Reuters has not verified the video.

At a information convention in Brasilia, President Bolsonaro stated that whether or not or not Freitas was the goal of an assault, the incident confirmed he wanted to have larger concern for his security.