BRASILIA (Reuters) - Police have identified the man who killed himself in a blast outside Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday night as a former city council candidate from ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing party with a history of heated political rhetoric online.

Two explosions have taken place outside Brazil’s Supreme Court in what authorities say is a suicide attack, CNN Brasil reports.

The Supreme Court in recent years has become a target for threats by far-right groups and supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro due to its crackdown on the spread of false information.