Portuguese Police Clash with Housing Protesters, Arrest 13
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Portuguese police clash with housing protesters, arrest 13
Clashes quickly broke out as dozens of officers moved in on an encampment in Lisbon's Rossio Square and a smaller camp in Porto's Dom Joao I Square at around 4:30 am. Protesters shouted "smells like a dictatorship", while police said some hurled bottles and paint at officers as they tried to take down the tents. Police said in a statement that six people were arrested in Lisbon and seven in Porto for refusing orders to disperse. It said 13 polic…
Information was requested from the Government and the Ombudsman, taking into account the follow-up by the Prevention Mechanism.
At least 13 officers were injured, among them ten from the Intervention Corps. We avoided the maximum use of force with a police baton," says the spokesman.
Among the 13 detainees in police intervention in demonstrations for the right to housing, the PSP advances that six were detained in Lisbon and seven in Porto.
Dozens injured: Portuguese police clash with housing protesters, arrest 13
Police with dogs and batons stormed protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, arresting 13 and injuring dozens as clashes erupted over the country's escalating housing crisis.
PSP carried out a new police charge in Lisbon and Porto, in the face of continuing protests by the inhabitants.
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