Brazil

Casualties

In October 2022, there were no incidents of explosive weapon use recorded in Brazil which caused civilian casualties. Two armed actors were injured.

On 23 October 2022, two police officers were injured in a grenade attack by a Brazilian politician as they tried to arrest him for making threats against Supreme Court justices, in Comendador Levy Gasparian, Rio de Janeiro. 

Sources: BBC, Associated Press, People’s Dispatch

Casualties

In February 2022, there was one recorded incident of explosive weapon use in Brazil. On 24 February, an IED was detonated on a bus carrying a Brazilian football team in Bahia, injuring three of the players. There were no recorded armed-actor casualties in the incident. 

Sources: BBC, Daily Mail