Protests: PSP denies a house break-in and talks about injured police officers, two citizens stabbed, vehicles and buses stolen and set on fire
The PSP took stock of a night of protests that spread across various parts of greater Lisbon, having recorded “60 incidents of “disorder and fire in urban furniture” in the “counties of Lisbon, Amadora, Oeiras, Odivelas, Loures, Cascais, Sintra and Seixal”. Following the events, the PSP “detained 3 suspects of crimes of qualified damage and offense to qualified physical integrity”.
Furthermore, the PSP guarantees in a statement, there were also “two police officers injured in Amadora and Oeiras (by throwing stones), two damaged police vehicles (one with broken glass and another shot); two Carris buses stolen and set on fire 8 passenger vehicles set on fire; a motorcycle set on fire; two citizens (passengers on one of the burned buses) victims of stabbings, albeit not serious, allegedly by the individuals who stole and set fire to the heavy passenger vehicle; Numerous trash bins set on fire, as well as other street furniture.”
Furthermore, the PSP “categorically denies breaking into any doors”, contradicting the statements of neighbors of the family of Odair Moniz shot by the PSP in Cova da Moura, Amadora, who accuse the police of entering the victim’s house on Tuesday at night “without any justification”.
“The police invaded the dead man’s house. I was at the door. They pushed the door open and then I ran into the living room and then the lady (widow) lifted the photograph (of Odair Moniz)”, declared Delfina, a resident of the Zambujal neighborhood, to Lusa agency.
This witness showed Lusa a wound on his left arm, allegedly after trying to close the door on “police agents”. Odair Moniz’s neighbor also said that she went to the apartment to express her condolences to the family. “I don’t know what time it was,” he said, referring to Tuesday night.
“In relation to the news published about the entry of police into residences in Bairro do Zambujal, the police inform that only one house was entered, other than the one mentioned in the news published [casa da vítima mortal]in support of the Amadora Volunteer Firefighters, who went to the location for medical support for a child and at the family’s request.”
The PSP “categorically denies breaking into any doors.”
The Bloco de Esquerda (BE) also questioned the Ministry of Internal Administration today about an alleged invasion by the PSP of the home of Odair Moniz, fatally shot in the early hours of Monday in Amadora, asking for clarification on the episode reported by the family and lawyer.
In the question, addressed to the Minister of Internal Administration, Margarida Blasco, it is said that several media outlets reported that “Odair Moniz’s family home was invaded last night [terça-feira]by hooded and heavily armed PSP agents”.
“According to information, there were around 15 agents who approached the apartment and broke down and destroyed the door, with three of them entering the house. Once inside, the agents allegedly destroyed furniture and assaulted two people, a 19-year-old girl and a A family friend was inside. It was Odair’s partner who got the agents to leave the apartment, and the PSP returned about an hour later.
