PJ police arrest suspect for last week’s triple homicide in Lisbon
Exactly one week since the triple homicide in a barber’s shop in Bairro do Vale, Penha de França, Lisbon, police have arrested the main suspect, Fernando Silva. In a statement
Mother of three known for helping Hindustani community has throat slit
“One slash of knife was sufficient to cause death” A 34-year-old mother of three was brutally murdered in a carpark in Lourinhã on Monday night. According to reports, her throat
Funerals take place of victims of last week’s mass shooting in Lisbon
Barber Carlos Pina laid to rest on Saturday; Bruno Neto and Fernanda Soares on Sunday The funerals of the three people shot dead in a troubled Lisbon neighbourhood last Wednesday
Three condemned for slaughter of six wolves in Peneda-Gerês national park
Wolves caught in traps made of steel cables; one bludgeoned to death Three unidentified people have been sentenced to between seven months and two years, two months in jail, suspended,
One of prisoners who escaped last month from high-security jail “arrested in Morocco”
Fábio Loureiro was serving 25 years for crimes committed in Algarve One of the five prisoners who escaped in broad daylight last month from Alcoentre’s high security Vale de Judeus
PSP police catch up with dealer on the run
A 40-year-old man, who had been on the run after being sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking, was arrested by PSP police in Portimão. The suspect was
Police detain four in swoop on anabolic, stimulant trafficking ring
Portugal’s PJ police has detained four people in an operation in the Greater Lisbon area aimed at breaking up a network trafficking anabolic and sexual stimulants, with the cooperation of
Porto mayor speaks out against city’s rising tide of racial violence
Mayor Rui Moreira blames far right – and far left Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, has said that far-right and far-left forces are contributing to an atmosphere of hatred and
Prisoner on conditional release attacks social reintegration workers with crowbar in Faro
UPDATE: PSP police arrested the attacker at around midday today (September 12), the police force has announced. Aside from the injuries caused to one of the workers, the man is
Police make arrest within 48 hours of Porto’s latest racist attack
Police announced today that they have arrested a 26-year-old man for the two attacks on immigrants in Porto in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The man is facing charges