Three PSP agents were beaten on Friday night when they dispersed a group of people in Loures, during an inspection action at an establishment, a situation that resulted in two detainees, a police source told Lusa.
Police officers went to the scene to disperse the crowd and inspect an establishment when they were injured, threatened and beaten ”, explained a source from the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP (Cometlis).
The situation occurred during an inspection action in Prior Velho, in the municipality of Loures, district of Lisbon, he said.
The same source added that after the movement of a patrol car it was necessary to call police reinforcement, due to the crowd of people on the public road, next to the establishment.
The elements were surrounded and it was necessary to intervene more firmly ”, stressed.
Two of the people in that group ended up in detention after the assaults occurred, the same source added.
The assaults resulted in three police officers who were injured “without serious injury” and who were assisted by firefighters at the scene, as well as the two detainees.
Cometlis explained that while traveling to the police station, the two detainees requested hospital treatment and were referred to the São José Hospital.
One of them ended up feeling unwell while traveling to the police station. The other, who had some abrasions, also decided to go to the hospital to receive treatment ”, where they met at 00:30, said the PSP.
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