The absence of police postpones the Famalican-Sporting match. League calls for urgent government investigation

This Saturday, several fans threw chairs, stones and bottles during clashes near the Famalican stadium. ABOUT CM You know that ambulances were called to the scene and that PSP agents were transferred from the Porto Criminal Court to the Famalican-Sporting game. At least six people were injured, one of them with a head injury.

Sick leave taken by 13 of the 15 PSP agents assigned to provide security for the Famalican-Sporting game, which was due to kick off at 18:00 this Saturday, led to the postponement of the match. A union source said CM that the protest only became known “shortly before the start of the game.”

It was necessary, the same source added, “to resort to an appeal decision, namely to call in agents of the Operational Intervention Corps and “spotters” (agents trained for the sports police).”

The game between Famalicao and Sporting has been postponed without setting a new date because the PSP does not guarantee safety or sufficient elements to assemble the device this Sunday.

“The Portuguese League demands that the government, in particular the Minister of the Interior, urgently initiate an investigation process to determine responsibility for what happened, in order to protect fans and families, and announces that it will also demand, in its own courts, compensation for the damage caused by irresponsible actions , to which he has absolutely nothing to do,” the League said in a statement.

The PSP statement clarified that “it has planned and prepared an appropriate and necessary police force,” but “an unusual number of police officers have reported that they are ill.” “The PSP quickly deployed police resources from other police forces who also came to report cases of illness, with trips to hospital wards,” he explains.

Due to the clashes in the stadium area, PSP realized that “the necessary conditions for the game were not met.”