The Public Security Police (PSP) identified four people involved in the riots on Sunday night during the closing concert of the Festival of the Sea, in Cascais. In a statement, the PSP says that the first police resources onsite counted three wounded, one of them seriously. Until the morning of Monday, was still hospitalized.
The unrest began by 23h30, was the concert of singer Anselmo Ralph near the end, right in front of the stage set up in the Bay of Cascais, close to Fisherman’s Beach. On guard were dozens of police. Was the singer himself who, at what was happening, stopped the concert and called authorities. “I saw a riot of young people there in the midst of confusion, fighting. And there were many children there in the middle “, later described to reporters, justifying his attitude. Aware of what could come to pass, had already started the show asking for peace for assistance. But to no avail.
The official information about the number of injured is not accurate. Of the three mentioned by the PSP, one – the most serious – have been the target of an “alleged assault with melee weapon,” the statement said. The other two – one an agent of PSP – had minor injuries
According to the hospital in Cascais, until late in the morning one of the injured remained hospitalized.. No information about the severity of her condition was provided.
The Mayor of Cascais, Carlos Careers, visited the hospital during the night and, according to information from the local authority, there were two people hospitalized, none of which at risk. The District Relief Operations Command Lisbon registered two minor injuries.
During the troubles some people also have felt bad.
After the first clashes near the concert stage, there It was further several skirmishes between police and young people, some of whom were eventually arrested after police chases through the crowd, that after finishing the concert had dispersed but still either from the stage or in sandy beach.
Among the police have heard, on the site, comments on the lack of site conditions to host an event with so many people. According to the Mayor of Cascais, Carlos Careers, attended the concert between 50 and 55 thousand people.
A compact crowd that gathered not even left the Bay Hotel guests enter the building. About two dozen people who entered through the back and slipped to the top floor to see the best concert had to be taken away by the authorities.
Anselmo Ralph still show resumed after the riots, but He gave The terminated afterwards. “We can not celebrate when there are hurting people. Go safely and go in groups, “he said, alluding to the insecurity that was felt.
Agents of the Special Police Unit then created a human chain around the crowd, then allowing a few hundred spectators to shift from the stage area to the beach, right there alongside.
The fire firework that was set to give the festivals of Cascais by closed eventually be released at that time, were 0h30 when of the people who attended the concert went down to the shore and stayed there chatting.
For the location and the time the concert was scheduled for an meet , the same type of meeting of youths summoned through the Internet at the origin of incidents this week in the Vasco da Gama shopping center in Lisbon.
But the mayor, who spoke to the media at 1:20 a.m., tried to downplay what happened, denying that he had treated for a “rendezvous” and summarizing all the “a feud between two individuals,” a “one situation” that was “very stilted” and which would result “two wounded.”
Carlos Careers praised the coolness and the professionalism of Anselmo Ralph to stop the concert to call the police. “There are two individuals who will spoil the Festival of the Sea,” said the mayor. The singer admitted that it was the first time something like that happened in Portugal.
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