Antonio Pedro Santos / LUSA
Protesters protest during the March for Life
Suspect of throwing Molotov cocktail in Lisbon was arrested again. PS suspends activist; If the facts are confirmed, he will be expelled.
The Judicial Police (PJ) seas the man suspect to throw one “molotov cocktail” against the people who participated in the demonstration, which took place last month in Lisbon.
The PJ explains that the man, arrested on Tuesday, is indicted for “attempting to commit crimes of terrorist offenses”, possession of a prohibited weapon, fire, explosion and “other especially dangerous conduct and serious physical harm”.
The man had already been detained by the PSP, for possession of a prohibited weapon, on the day of the demonstration, which took place on March 21, at the Assembly of the Republic. He was released two days later and was required to report to authorities daily.
The man, who was not taking part in the demonstration, allegedly threw a ‘Molotov cocktail’ filled with gasoline towards the protesters. The explosive device was placed in an area where children and babies were also present.
It ended up not exploding. The PSP explained at the time that the pyrotechnic device was thrown into the midst of the protesters, but did not detonate; It hit the ground next to a group of protesters, but did not catch fire upon impact.
PS militant
This suspect is PS activist. The party has already announced the opening of disciplinary proceedings; and suspended preventively the militant, appearing surprised by the news that had become public.
“The Socialist Party became aware, through the media, that the individual suspected of having thrown an incendiary object in the direction of a demonstration [Marcha pela Vida] He is a member of the PS”, can be read in a note from the party sent to the Lusa agency.
Following this information, which is said to have surprised the PS, the general secretary of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, “decided to immediately forward this information to the National Jurisdiction Commission, with a view to initiating disciplinary proceedings that determine the application of the appropriate sanction for the alleged practice of the facts attributed to him”.
“If the facts are confirmed, it could be applied to expulsion of militant. The National Secretariat has now determined the preventive suspension of the militant in question”, he adds.
It is recalled that the PS “publicly condemned the act in question, in interventions produced in the Assembly of the Republic and the Lisbon Municipal Assembly”.
“The PS does not agree with any type of violence and considers any act that could constitute behavior of this type to be absolutely intolerable”, he concludes.
The suspect, in addition to being a socialist, is professor guest from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, adds .
