Driver smashes into Bolsonaro demonstrators protesting Lula da Silva victory

WARNING DESTROYING IMAGES: Waves of protests have taken place across Brazil, including roadblocks by truckers, since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat Jair Bolsonaro to become president Tensions erupted when a driver mowed down Jair Bolsonaro protesters in Sao Paulo (

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A driver rammed into a large group of Jair Bolsonaro demonstrators protesting the presidential victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been named Brazil's new president after narrowly defeating incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.

Protests have taken place across the country since, with supporters of the latter refusing to accept the result.

Bolsonaro has still not conceded despite two million fewer votes than his rival. Even when he addressed the media for the first time since the election, he avoided declaring that he had lost and also refused to condemn those protesting the result.

Brazil's incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week (

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Waves of protests have taken place across Brazil, including roadblocks by truckers. The protests made travel around the country difficult and tensions boiled over in the town of Mirassol on Wednesday.

Bolsonaro supporters came out en masse near the Washington Luis Freeway, forming one of many blockades, but a driver lost patience driving through...