Fury as Brazilian president reveals he'd 'eat a human' in unearthed clip

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READ MORE:'Kobe Cannibal' whose only regret was not 'eating victim alive' is a free manThe Yanomami people have struck back at Bolsonaro's claims as they say they have never engaged in cannibalistic acts.Amid a hotly contested presidential race with former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula), the six-year-old footage has gone viral on social media and could harm Bolsonaro's chances of retaining leadership.After hearing the shocking remarks Bolsonaro made, Lula said: “Bolsonaro has revealed that he would eat human flesh".After defeating the current president in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election last Sunday (October 2), the 76-year-old Lula, who was president between 2003 and 2010 will aim to reclaim leadership in the second-round of the presidential race on October 30.

In what was a 76-minute interview New York Times journalist Simon Romero, Bolsonaro made bold claims about the purported acts of cannibalism among the Yanomami people.“There was this time I was in Surucuru, and an Indian had died and they were cooking him.

They cook Indians. It’s their culture. They cook it for two or three days and then eat it with banana," Bolsonaro claims.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."I wanted to see an Indian being cooked but the guy said if you go, you have to eat it."I’ll eat it," Bolsonaro boldly agreed. "But no one else in my group wanted to go, so I didn’t go, but I’d eat an Indian, no problem at all.