<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A Brazilian politician is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to his house in Rio de Janeiro state to arrest him.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Roberto Jefferson, an ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, wounded two officers before surrendering on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">A Supreme Court judge earlier ordered his detention for insulting Chief Justice Carmen Lucia. He was already under house arrest for threatening her.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Mr Bolsonaro reacted by saying those who fired at police should be arrested.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The two officers were wounded by shrapnel from a grenade during the attack in Levy Gasparian, north of the state capital Rio de Janeiro. They were taken to hospital and later discharged.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Mr Jefferson, the 69-year-old former leader of the PTB political party, also fired a number of shots from a rifle, shattering the windshield of a police car.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the politician to be detained on the grounds that he violated the conditions of house arrest.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Political tensions are high in Brazil ahead of Sunday's presidential election run-off between Mr Bolsonaro and left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Mr Lula - who is still seen as the front-runner - fell short of the 50% of valid votes needed to prevent a run-off in the first round earlier this month. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>