LISBON: Portuguese authorities on Wednesday said they had arrested three people after a second night of violence in Lisbon unleashed by police shooting dead a black man.
Young rioters from poorer neighborhoods sparked unrest, Portuguese media said, in a rare spike in violence in the southern European country.
Police reported three arrests and around 60 incidents in and around Lisbon, with two officers injured by stones and two other people stabbed without serious wounds.
Two police vehicles were damaged while two buses and nine other vehicles were burned, the force added in a statement.
The violence erupted after police shot dead Odair Moniz, a 43-year-old man from Cape Verde, overnight Sunday to Monday.
Police said he tried to flee and attacked their officers with a bladed weapon. Anti-racism organization SOS Racisme questioned the official version of events, connecting the death with other cases of “police brutality.”
Riots rock Lisbon after police shoot dead black man
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Riots rock Lisbon after police shoot dead black man
- Young rioters from poorer neighborhoods sparked unrest, Portuguese media say, in a rare spike in violence in the southern European country
- The violence erupted after police shot dead Odair Moniz, a 43-year-old man from Cape Verde, overnight Sunday to Monday
Canadian police investigate reports of gunfire at US consulate in Toronto
- Police said they were at the scene near University Avenue and Queen Street West
- “Evidence of a firearm discharge has been located,” police said in the post
TORONTO: Canadian police are investigating reports that the United States consulate in downtown Toronto was hit by gunfire early on Tuesday morning.
No injuries have been reported.
Toronto police said Tuesday they responded to reports at around 5:30 a.m. that someone shot a gun at the US consulate.
In a post on social media, police said they were at the scene near University Avenue and Queen Street West.
“Evidence of a firearm discharge has been located,” police said in the post.
No suspect information has been released.
“The shooting that took place at the US consulate early this morning is an absolutely unacceptable act of violence and intimidation aimed at our American friends and neighbors,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a statement.
“Everyone at all levels of government and across Canada needs to make clear that there is zero tolerance for this sort of intimidating and dangerous behavior.”
The reported shooting comes after two Toronto-area synagogues were struck by gunfire last weekend.
“The US consulate was shot at. This comes after shootings at synagogues,” Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said. “This cannot stand. Toronto’s Jewish community has the right to practice their faith and culture and to live their day-to-day lives without fear, intimidation or violence. As we have seen too many times, antisemitic incidents spike when international incidents rise. It is never acceptable to target the Jewish community.”
Chow said there is heavy police presence on Tuesday at both the US and Israeli consulates in Toronto.
The war in Iran has prompted large demonstrations outside the US consulate, both in support and in protest.
