What the records say
- When
- 30 Apr 1981
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 22.98° S, 43.41° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Riocentro bombing.
Summary
Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army.
Riocentro bombing
1981 attempted terrorist attack
The Riocentro bombing was an attempted terrorist attack that took place on the evening of 30 April 1981, during a May Day celebration concert at the Riocentro convention center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bombing, carried out by officers of the Brazilian Army, was a false flag operation intended to frame left-wing guerrillas as violent and thereby halting the country's transition towards democracy.
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