Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed prominent government buildings on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to overturn his election defeat in October.

Rioters burst through security barriers in the country’s capital Brasilia, forcing their way into the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress buildings, destroying much of their interior.

Police arrested 150 people and used tear gas in an attempt to contain the mob as security guards sought cover and protesters made their way onto the roof of the modernist Congress building. Inside the edifice, criminals used furniture to erect barricades.

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