The man stabbed his ex-partner’s son to death before committing suicide with a gas explosion. The woman had already filed two complaints for domestic violence in 2022 and 2023.
A case of domestic violence ended in tragedy in the town of Casais, in the municipality of Tomar, with a man attacking his ex-girlfriend and killing her son 13 years old stabbed. The fatal victim is the son of a 43-year-old English woman, who had already been identified by authorities as a victim of domestic violence over the last three years.
According to information from the Leiria Judicial Police, the attacker, Gonçalo Carvalho, also 43 years old and the woman’s ex-partner, went to the residence despite the relationship having already ended. Inside the house, he restrained and attacked the victim, who managed to ask for help. Before the arrival of the GNR, the man fatally stabbed the woman’s sonwho still showed vital signs when rescuers managed to enter the house, but ended up dying at the scene.
After the attack, the attacker barricaded himself in the house and struck himself several times in the chest with the same knife used in the murder. The gas will still have turned oncausing an explosion moments after authorities arrived. A GNR soldier suffered minor injuries caused by broken glass and was transported to Tomar Hospital. The attacker also ended up dying, with the authorities now carrying out an autopsy to determine the exact causes of death.
The woman, who had several bruises resulting from the attacks, was treated at the scene and transported to Tomar Hospital, where she received medical and psychological care. Neighbors reported seeing the bloodied victim nearby. ask for help on the streetwhile others only realized the situation after hearing the explosion, reports .
The attacker had a criminal record and had already served a prison sentence for qualified homicide. He was described by neighbors as a violent person with a history of drug use. The relationship with the victim ended at the initiative of the woman, who filed complaints about domestic violence in 2022 and 2023. According to the investigation, the man never accepted the end of the relationship.
The death of the teenager, identified as Alfie, caused deep consternation in the local community. Basketball player for Sport Club Operário de Cem Soldos, the club publicly mourned the loss of the young athleteremembering their last game played last Saturday.
