Handcuffed inmate escapes from PSP in Lisbon and is on the run

Arrested, detained under a European warrant, he started running from inside the van towards Chiado at the moment the doors of the PSP van opened. Manhunt in Lisbon.

An inmate, detained on Monday by the PSP, managed to escape, handcuffedfrom inside the authorities’ van on Tuesday morning, in front of the Lisbon Court of Justice.

The 36-year-old Algerian man was wanted by German authorities for an alleged crime of arson and was detained by the PSP under a European arrest warrant, in the departures area of ​​Humberto Delgado airport, having spent the night behind bars, according to the .

This Tuesday, he would have been present in court, had he not started running the moment the door of the PSP cell phone van in which he was traveling opened.

The inmate managed to free one of his hands from the handcuffs and ran towards Chiado, the area where he was last seen, more specifically, on Rua Vítor Cordon.

So far, there is no information on the suspect’s whereabouts, nor on the existence of assistance in this escape, but a police operation has already been mounted and “several means of different PSP capabilities” have been activated to locate the inmate, according to a statement from the authorities. , which calls on “everyone to maintain calm, tranquility and confidence in the PSP”.

PSP announced that a internal investigation to investigate the circumstances of the escape.