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Brazil’s Lula da Silva asks for calm after ally’s killing

A giant inflatable doll depicting Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro making a finger-gun gesture, towers over activists during a gun rights activists protest with the aim of defending the right to self-defense and expanding gun rights, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term in the Oct. 2 election, said in 2021 he wants to arm citizens to prevent a dictatorship from taking hold. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) FILE - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, dons a red fedora during a campaign rally at Cinelandia square, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2022. Members of the da Silva campaign confirmed to The Associated Press that the leftist leader has been wearing bullet-proof vests in public events since the beginning of July. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) A supporter holds up a sign calling for peace during a rally for Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Under tight security protocols and wearing a bullet proof vest, da Silva appealed to his backers to remain calm and avoid confrontations with adversaries ahead of the Oct. 2 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Workers' Party President Gleisi Hoffmann, center, attends the funeral of Marcelo Arruda, inside the Sebastiao Flores gymnasium in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, July 10, 2022. An advocate of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who is running for election, Arruda was shot dead at his birthday party. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) FILE - Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro grimaces after he was stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Sept. 6, 2018. Bolsonaro, seeking a second term, is running against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the Oct. 2, presidential election. (AP Photo/Raysa Leite, File) FILE - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term, greets supporters in Porto Feliz, Brazil, May 20, 2022. Bolsonaro is running against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the Oct. 2, presidential election. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) FILE - A man unfurls a banner with a message that reads in Portuguese: "The best president in the history of Brazil," emblazoned with an image of a younger version of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, during a campaign rally at Cinelandia square, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2022. Da Silva, who was president in 2003-2010, leads opinion polls for the upcoming presidential race scheduled for Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) Under tightened security measures, guards monitor a screening checkpoint at the entrance to a campaign rally in support of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The killing of a leftist party official is raising fears of an increasingly violent campaign ahead of the Oct. 2 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, speaks during a campaign rally in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Under tight security da Silva attended a political rally where he appealed to his backers to remain calm and avoid confrontations with adversaries. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) FILE - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, dons a red fedora during a campaign rally at Cinelandia square, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2022. Members of the da Silva campaign confirmed to The Associated Press that the leftist leader has been wearing bullet-proof vests in public events since the beginning of July. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) A supporter holds up a sign calling for peace during a rally for Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Under tight security protocols and wearing a bullet proof vest, da Silva appealed to his backers to remain calm and avoid confrontations with adversaries ahead of the Oct. 2 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Workers' Party President Gleisi Hoffmann, center, attends the funeral of Marcelo Arruda, inside the Sebastiao Flores gymnasium in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, July 10, 2022. An advocate of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who is running for election, Arruda was shot dead at his birthday party. (AP Photo/Alexander Moschkowich) FILE - Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro grimaces after he was stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Sept. 6, 2018. Bolsonaro, seeking a second term, is running against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the Oct. 2, presidential election. (AP Photo/Raysa Leite, File) FILE - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term, greets supporters in Porto Feliz, Brazil, May 20, 2022. Bolsonaro is running against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the Oct. 2, presidential election. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) FILE - A man unfurls a banner with a message that reads in Portuguese: "The best president in the history of Brazil," emblazoned with an image of a younger version of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, during a campaign rally at Cinelandia square, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7, 2022. Da Silva, who was president in 2003-2010, leads opinion polls for the upcoming presidential race scheduled for Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) Under tightened security measures, guards monitor a screening checkpoint at the entrance to a campaign rally in support of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The killing of a leftist party official is raising fears of an increasingly violent campaign ahead of the Oct. 2 presidential election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, speaks during a campaign rally in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Under tight security da Silva attended a political rally where he appealed to his backers to remain calm and avoid confrontations with adversaries. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil’s Lula da Silva asks for calm after ally’s killing