Unrest in Lisbon after police shoot Black man


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024

LISBON (Reuters) - Two nights of disturbances have shaken outskirts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon following the fatal police shooting of a Black man, with buses and rubbish set ablaze and stones hurled, according to authorities and TV images.

The unrest began in a multicultural neighbourhood of Lisbon's Amadora suburb after a 43-year-old man was shot dead by police in the early hours of Monday.

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