Two volunteers who distributed food to homeless were assaulted by two individuals. “These Nazis have been distributing food for the Portuguese homeless for weeks and encouraging hatred against foreigners living on the street, ”says a candidate for the block to the Porto Chamber.
The city center of Porto was the scene of a New episode of violence orchestrated by neonazison Tuesday night-the same day the actor was violently assaulted to the entrance of the Cinearte Theater Room in Lisbon, along with two other actors, having ended hospitalized.
In Porto, there were two volunteers, who distributed food to homeless people, who were assaulted by two men who, besides having done Nazi greetingsthey held them responsible for the increase in immigration in Portugal, according to PSP statement sent to the newspaper.
The two men, 24 and 27 years old, will have dismissed pushes and punches to the victims, who intended to expel from the place. Everything happened in an alley near Júlio Dinis Street, near the Rotunda da Boavista.
Drunk and in naked trunk, “They identified themselves as supporters of the arrival And they said that the immigrant’s fault is increasing was ours, because we are helping them by distributing food on the street, ”reports one of the witnesses heard by the newspaper. One of the men pushed one of the volunteers against a van and both uttered injuries.
The Public Security Police (PSP), alerted to the incident, identified the two suspects. One 24 -year -old was arrested after resisting identification and assaulting an authority agent with a punch. It was present in court and was subject to the measure of coercion of weekly presentations. The other, 27, was only identified on site. The victims chose not to receive hospital treatment.
“They are distributing food to the Portuguese homeless and to encourage hatred against foreigners”
On social networks, reports arose that some neo-Nazi groups would be distributing food exclusively to Portuguese homeless, while fostering hatred against immigrants.
Volunteering organizations that operate in Porto have shown concern about increasing threats. A joint meeting is in preparation for defining a response strategy, as some volunteers have considered to stop the distribution of food for fear of new aggressions.
These street teams were “were threatened violently and prevented from doing their work”, denounces the recondite of the Left Bloc to the Porto Chamber, Sérgio Aires.
“It is also reported that these Nazis have been distributing food for the Portuguese homeless and to encourage hatred against foreigners who are living on the street”, accuses the former president of the European Network Anti-Pity on Facebook.
The neonazi Mário Machadoleader of the nationalist Group 1143, had already confirmed that the group was “traveling to the streets of Porto” to bring food to the homeless.
“For two days, we traveled to the streets of Porto to be next to those who need it most. We were with the homeless, we took food and a friendly word. We didn’t change the country, but we changed someone’s day (…) Viva Portugal and the Portuguese,” wrote the group led by the convict in No X, accompanied by photos and videos.
The Porto City Council, through the councilman of Social Cohesion, Fernando Paulo, ensured that the aggression will be discussed At the next meeting of the Warning Planning and Intervention Center (NPISA), scheduled for June 18.
On the same day of this aggression in Porto, in the capital, the case of the actor LOPES ADTERIT shocked the country. Background by a group with alleged neonazis connections, elements of the theater company the tent were also possibly threatened by the play about Luís de Camões they were doing.
One of the authors of the attack on the murder of Alcindo Monteiro30 years ago, on the same date.
