Brazil volleyball star faces Olympic complaint after post threatening Lula

FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Volleyball - Men's Gold Medal Match Italy v Brazil - Maracanazinho - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 21/08/2016. Wallace Leandro De Souza (BRA) of Brazil and Mauricio De Souza (BRA) of Brazil celebrate a point. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian Olympic Committee said it had filed a complaint against volleyball player Wallace de Souza after the former Olympic champion wrote a post on social media that appeared to back violence against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

An Instagram follower of the athlete asked him on the social media platform if he would "shoot Lula in the face with a 12 (caliber gun)."