The body of a 78-year-old man lay for more than five hours on the street near the Prazeres cemetery in Lisbon, awaiting a decision from the court and the police to detain him.
The death occurred at 12:00 on Monday. A source connected to the process said CM that there is a possibility, which will be confirmed after an autopsy, that the elderly man fell ill with a sudden illness that caused him to fall onto the sidewalk. INEM was contacted by members of the public but limited itself to confirming the death of the 78-year-old man.
What followed was what is normal in such situations. PSP kept the corpse covered with a sheet, awaiting the prosecutor’s decision on its removal.
However, it was not until 16:21 that the Dafundo fire station in the municipality of Oeiras was ordered to send resources to the site to remove the body.
“We were at the scene at 17.00 and took the body to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy,” he explained to reporters. CM Corporate source.
This was announced by an official PSP source. CM that the dead man was Senegalese, which ultimately delayed the police investigation by contacting that country’s embassy.
Author: Miguel Curado
Source: CM Jornal
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