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The detainee would have managed to escape the authorities as he left the van to enter the court. Authorities mounted an operation to try to recapture the man.
A detainee, who was expected this Tuesday at the Lisbon Court of Appeal, managed to escape from a Public Security Police (PSP) cell van, SIC confirmed.
The man, 36 years old and of Algerian nationality, would have managed to escape from the authorities as he left the van to enter the building, fleeing through the streets of Lisbon.
The man was going to be brought to justice due to a European arrest warrant, related to the crime of arson, committed in Germany. He had been arrested on Sunday, at Lisbon airport.
