PSP police detain 1,281 domestic violence suspects in 2024, up 32%
Portugal’s PSP police arrested 1,281 people on suspicion of domestic violence last year – with figures for 2023 pointing to this being up 32%. The urban area force also registered
Influencer who laughed about hit-and-run travels to Angola for ‘security reasons’
Tiago Grila, now identified by police, claims he has received “many threats” A ‘famous Portuguese influencer’ has become even more notorious in recent days, following his admission in a podcast
Lagos school shooting ends with all four suspects arrested
… and ‘huge thanks’ going out to quick-thinking school caretakers News that PSP police pursued a group of fleeing suspects into the grounds of a Lagos primary school, firing “warning
Family launch poignant appeal to find hit-and-run driver
16-year-old son “battling for life in hospital” with serious head injury A family has launched a poignant appeal for information on the hit-and-run driver who left their son ‘sprawled out
PSP agent facing murder charge “had no specific firearms training”
Initial reports made a point of agent’s ‘experience’ Four months after he used his service weapon to fatally shoot a man resisting arrest, it transpires that the young PSP agent
Prosecutors probe alleged falsification of PSP report into fatal shooting
In the wake of yesterday’s revelations, Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service has ordered an autonomous investigation to be started into the alleged falsification of a report by the PSP police force,
Third rape claim in Lisbon’s Martim Moniz area
Portuguese woman reports rape early this morning in hostel A Portuguese woman reported an alleged rape early this morning at a hostel on Rua do Benformoso, in Lisbon – the
Martim Moniz brawl: “power struggle between Bangladeshi groups”
Group travelled up to Lisbon from Vila Nova de Milfontes, SW Alentejo With the official word from police being that ‘motive for the disturbances among foreigners in Martim Moniz on
Disorder involving “several foreigners” in Martim Moniz sees three in hospital
“Where are all the poets of free immigration now?” challenges CHEGA leader Less than 24-hours since the massive demonstration against the police operation that took place in Rua do Benformoso,
PJ concludes investigation into PSP shooting that sparked wave of unrest in Lisbon
PSP agent responsible for shooting still not returned to active duty Portugal’s PJ judicial police – the country’s main criminal investigation force – has concluded its probe into the death