President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa this Friday expressed his regret over the death of a young female soldier at sea off Praia da Lagoa in Povoa de Varzim (Porto), expressing “deep condolences” to her family and army. .
“The President of the Republic regrets the accidental death of a young soldier at sea off Povoa de Varzim,” the note posted on the President’s website reads.
“The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, who has already spoken on the phone with the aunt of the deceased young woman, expresses his sincere condolences to his family, friends and comrades, as well as the army,” he added.
A Portuguese Air Force helicopter operating in search of a missing young woman carried the body out of the sea at dawn this Friday around 4:00 pm.
As Lusa noted at the scene, the body was in the water for about half an hour before the rescue operation, which was later carried out by a diver who got out of the helicopter.
The captain of the port of Povoa de Varzim, District of Porto, said today that “everything leads to believe” that the body rescued this afternoon at sea, near Praia da Lagoa, belongs to a young 20-year-old military man. in the morning it was washed away by a wave.
“An Air Force helicopter picked up a body of water that appears to belong to a missing young woman,” Teles said.
An incident alert involving eight soldiers attending the Practical School of Services in Povoa de Varzim was raised at 4:48 am.
According to the army, eight soldiers “left the nightclub where they had gone to socialize and decided to head to the waterline of Lagoa beach in Povoa de Varzim” after being swept away by the wave.
Seven victims managed to return to land, but a young woman in her 20s went missing.
Seven soldiers were taken to the Centro Hospitalar da Póvoa de Varzim, where, according to a source from the unit, they were taken “with muscle injuries, hypothermia, in a violent emotionally traumatic situation, but not in a life-threatening situation.” .
Before the start of the day, three victims were transferred to the Porto military hospital for “continued monitoring”, three were discharged, and one remained under observation at the Centro Hospitalar da Póvoa de Varzim.
At a situational point made at 13:15, the local chief of the Maritime Police considered that “the tragedy could have been more, but, above all, it was avoided.”
The National Maritime Authority issued several warnings due to unrest at sea and appealed to citizens [para] who have a safety culture to avoid risk. It is winter now, the sea has a lot of energy, and any walk along the beach next to the sea can be fatal,” warned the head of the captaincy, Povoa de Varzim.
Regarding this incident, Ferreira Teles said that “an investigation will be carried out and the prosecutor’s office will have to send a criminal police body to conduct an investigation.”
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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