Lisbon unrest over police shooting of Black man ebbs, protests planned


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  • Friday, 25 Oct 2024

LISBON (Reuters) - Lisbon's outer suburbs were calmer overnight amid a heavy police presence, but planned protests on Saturday could bring more clashes after three nights of car and bus torchings over the police shooting of a Cape Verde-born Portuguese resident.

Small groups of hooded assailants hurled stones at a bus and set ablaze trash bins in several multicultural neighbourhoods on the outskirts, police said on Friday, adding that overall the violence was much reduced.

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