In the title compound, C7H5BrN2, fused six-membered pyridine and five-membered pyrrole rings form the essentially planar aza-indole skeleton (r.m.s. deviation = 0.017 Å). In the crystal, pairs of N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds connect the mol-ecules into inversion dimers.

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