Several unidentified attackers three people have been shot dead in broad daylight in a barbershop in a peripheral neighborhood of Lisbon, as confirmed to EFE by a source from the Portuguese Judicial Police, which has opened an investigation into the event. The suspects fled the scene of the triple crime on foot.
The attack left three fatalities, two men and a pregnant woman, and for the moment “The reasons are not known.” of what happened, according to the same source.
Local media reported that The deceased are a barber and a taxi driver and his wifewho were clients of the establishment, located in the Penha de França neighborhood, an old working-class neighborhood in Lisbon, and were inside.
“I can confirm that three people were shot dead and the suspects, three men, fled,” a police source told Reuters.
Several local media said two of the victims had died. due to head injuries.
Three people, suspected of being the perpetrators of the shooting, They would have fled towards the Santa Apolónia train station.
Members of the PJ, the Public Security Police (PSP) and the National Institute of Medical Emergencies (INEM) went to the scene of the shooting.
These types of crimes are rare in Portugal, considered one of the safest countries in the world.
Nevertheless, violent crimes increased by 5.6% last year compared to 2022 levels, reaching 14,022 cases, more than a third of them in the Lisbon metropolitan area.
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