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Environment was tension in the main train station of the Portuguese capital. Shock police were fired after dozens of Gaza -supported protesters took the station.
At about 6:20 pm, protesters began to go to Rossio station in Lisbon, although they no longer had authorization to perform and sat on the floor.
At least 14 Elements of the PSP intervention brigade, according to Lusa, resulted in access to the platforms, to avoid the occupation of the train lines.
Protesters on the site shouted “Free, Free Palestine, Stop The Genocide”, in front of the trains access gates at Rossio Terminal Station in Lisbon as images captured by SIC show.
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The presence of the intervention brigade was required by the head of the PSP elements who moved to the station, and confirmed by the Lusa agency.
Prior to the arrival of the brigade elements, a protester was thrown to the ground by a PSP agent, to prevent the entrance into the train terminals.
“Israel is a killer state, live the struggle of the Palestinian people,” he hears in unison at Rossio Station, along with Palmas and whistles to the sound of drums, as well as the watchword “the united people will never be overcome.”
More than three thousand people joined in Lisbon and there were provocations
More than three thousand people joined this Saturday in the demonstration in favor of the detainees of the Global Sumud flotilha, who traveled Lisbon, between the squares of Martim Moniz and Rossio, according to the Public Security Police, who accompanied the route.
“The participation of 500 people was planned and 3,000 people entered, now, at the end of the demonstration. I am sure that this number was widely overtaken,” a police element told Lusa agency at the end of the demonstration, which arrived at Rossio at 4:55 pm.
Joana Mortágua, sister of the deputy and coordinator of the Left Bloc, Mariana Mortágua, detained in Israel since the last day 1, also paraded on the concentration. Esculation to make statements about Processom corroborated only Lusa that the latest news of her sister and the other three Portuguese detained in Israel dates Friday.
At the intersection between Rua Áurea and Rua da Conceição, a popular provoked the protesters, with the police immediately and formed a cord to prevent any aggressions.
Also the organizers of the demonstration immediately appealed to calm, stressing that it is a manifestation for peace.
