PSP alerted to “school massacre” in Santo Tirso
Pupil threatens massacre in series of posts over Instagram A 16-year-old pupil of Escola Tomás Pelayo, in Santo Tirso, sparked panic over the weekend after writing over Instagram that he
One dead, two seriously injured, in stabbing in Óbidos
32-year-old foreign national in police custody A 32-year-old man killed a 72-year-old man in the early hours of this morning in a house in Óbidos, in the district of Leiria.
Police detain suspect wanted in China for alleged bribery in sports
Suspect could face 10-year jail term in China Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) have detained a 57-year-old foreign national in the Aveiro area who is wanted by authorities in China on
Migrations agency sounds alert over 1,000 immigrants registered to ‘same addresses’
AIMA still ‘mopping up’ legacy of ‘manifestations of interest’ The legacy of the previous government’s ‘manifestation of interest’ mechanism, which allowed jobless immigrants to arrive in Portugal on tourist visas
PJ police on trail of Brazilian diving crew that recovers cocaine attached to ships’ hulls
Crew’s leader arrested in joint police operation Portugal’s PJ police are on the trail of a diving team whose job it is to remove canisters of cocaine attached to ships’
Young woman doused in alcohol and set alight in Setúbal
Victim being treated in hospital A young woman, described as “around 20 years old”, was doused in alcohol and burnt in an abandoned property in Setúbal last night. The victim
Searches in Portugal on suspicions of corruption in European Parliament
Suspicions centre on alleged corruption scheme involving Chinese giant Huawei Breaking news in Portugal today centres on various searches that have been going on, in this country and elsewhere, into
Victim narrowly escapes being shot in head following Sintra mugging
Armed mugger shoots victim’s ear One of three young people mugged in a street in Cacém, within the borough of Sintra, earlier this week narrowly escaped being shot in the
PJ “don’t know who skull belongs to found close to river”
Skull, a(nother) human bone plus clothing discovered close to EN109 in Aveiro In yet another story about random body parts discovered in unusual places, Correio da Manhã today has run
Ports workers arrested for ‘suspicions of corruption’ all released
“Suspect customs officials can stay in their jobs” – judicial source After all the flurry of news earlier this week, it transpires that the ports / customs workers arrested on