This Sunday, the BE coordinator condemned the attacks on immigrants in Porto, considering that the legitimization of racist discourse with the election of far-right deputies favors these violent acts, and said that it is important to fight racism.
“The legitimization of racist discourse with the election of far-right MPs creates a wave in favor of this kind of violent action. And that is why it is so important to fight racism, and fighting racism means not only condemning these actions, but only punishing them in an exemplary manner, but recognizing the problem and facing it head on,” said Mariana Mortagua.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Santo da Serra agricultural market in the municipality of Santa Cruz in Madeira, the blockade coordinator added that “there is a problem of racism in Portugal, there is a colonial past that Portugal will have to deal with.” “.
“Talking about racism, acknowledging its existence, is the best way to begin to combat it, and we will certainly always have zero tolerance for this type of violent and criminal attacks that cannot be tolerated in our country,” he stressed.
Mariana Mortagua also noted that the past “has left traces in the present, and one of these traces is racism, which has been hidden for a long time.”
Early on Friday morning at around 1am, PSP was alerted to an attack at Campo 24 de Agosto in Porto by a group of four or five people who fled before agents arrived, a police spokesman said. indicating that two of the attackers were being treated at the São João hospital.
About 10 minutes later in Rua do Bonfim, 10 immigrants were attacked in the house where they were staying by a group of 10 men armed with sticks and presumably firearms, which the PSP had not yet been able to destroy. I confirm, said the same source.
According to the spokesman, at 3 a.m. on Rua Fernandez Tomas, another immigrant was also attacked by other suspects, one of whom used a firearm.
Following these attacks, six men were identified and one was arrested for possession of an illegal weapon, taken to court and remanded in pre-trial detention.
Given the suspicion of a hate crime, the case was referred to the judicial police.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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