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Brazil leaders call for calm after party official’s killing

Municipal guards carry the coffin of Marcelo Arruda, a local official from the leftist Workers' Party, at the Jardim Sao Paulo cemetery for his burial in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, Monday, July 11, 2022. A federal prison guard killed the local official, according to state police. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) The coffin of Marcelo Arruda, a local official from the leftist Workers' Party, arrives to the Jardim Sao Paulo cemetery in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, Monday, July 11, 2022. Federal prison guard Jorge Jose da Rocha killed Arruda in the Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) An image of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva covers the coffin of Marcelo Arruda, a local official from the leftist Workers' Party, during his burial at Jardim Sao Paulo cemetery in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, Monday, July 11, 2022. Federal prison guard Jorge Jose da Rocha killed Arruda in the Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) People attend the funeral of Marcelo Arruda held inside Sebastiao Flores gymnasium in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Federal prison guard Jorge Jose da Rocha killed the local official from the leftist Workers' Party in the Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) People carry the coffin of Marcelo Arruda, a local official from the leftist Workers' Party, away from the Sebastiao Flores gymnasium to bury him at the Jardim Sao Paulo cemetery in Foz do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, Monday, July 11, 2022. Federal prison guard Jorge Jose da Rocha killed Arruda in the Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich)
Brazil leaders call for calm after party official’s killing