The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C8H3BrN2, consists of two mol-ecules. The crystal structure features undulating mol-ecular sheets with the mol-ecules linked by C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds with one N atom acting as a bifurcated acceptor. N⋯Br inter-actions also occur [N⋯Br = 2.991 (3) and 3.099 (3) Å]. Inter-layer association is accomplished by offset face-to-face arene inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.768 (4) Å].