Bolsonaro supporters try to storm police HQ in ‘January 6-style’ rampage

Cars and buses torched after violence erupts following ratification of Lula's election victory

Fanatical supporters of Brazil's outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have torched cars and buses and tried to storm the federal police headquarters in the country's capital in what one commentator called a botched attempt to spark a January 6-style turmoil.

The violence erupted on Monday evening after the leftwing politician who defeated Bolsonaro in October's historic election - former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - had his victory officially ratified by Brazil's electoral court.