Bolsonaro ally running for Sao Paulo governor says campaign event 'attacked'

FILE PHOTO - Former minister Tarcisio Freitas gestures next to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a farmer's fair of banana producers in Pariquera-Acu, Sao Paulo state, Brazil May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A close ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro running for governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio Freitas, said a campaign event was "attacked by criminals" on Monday in the Paraisopolis neighborhood of the state capital.

Sao Paulo Public Security Secretary Joao Camilo Campos said that preliminary information suggested there had not been an attack targeting Freitas, although investigators had not ruled out any hypothesis. Officials confirmed a man was killed near the site of the campaign event, but provided no further details.