3-Ammonio-2,6-dibromopyridine bromide hemihydrate

In the title compound, C5H5Br2N2+·Br−·0.5H2O, 3-amino-2,6-di­bromo­pyridine is protonated on the amine N atom and this cation is planar, excluding the H atoms attached to N. The organic cation, bromide anion and interstitial water mol­ecule are held together by hydrogen bonding, bromine–bromine interactions and by a special type of electrostatic interaction between aryl bromine and the centroids of two pyridine rings, forming a bridge-like non-covalent bond.