Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘psychotic attack’ made him tamper with ankle monitor

Former Brazilian far-right president says he took a soldering iron to electronic tag as he hallucinated it was bugged

Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he took a soldering iron to his electronic ankle monitor after suffering a substance-induced “psychotic attack” that caused him to hallucinate that the device was bugged.

Bolsonaro made the claim during a custody hearing on Sunday, 24 hours after he was arrested at his home in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was planning to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid being sent to jail to serve a 27-year sentence for masterminding a failed coup.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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