Gondomar Mayor Marco Martins announced on social media this Wednesday that he was the target of an attempted road rage attack while he was with his son, adding that he had already filed a complaint with the PSP.
“I cross the street with my 7-month-old son in my arms to put him in a car seat in his mother’s car. An approaching car stops in the middle of the street, blocking my exit and all traffic, and heads towards me. shouting: “President, on Saturday in my street…”,” Marko Martins began with explanations in a post on the social network Facebook.
The mayor of Gondomar, in the Porto area, added that he “politely” refused to speak to anyone who approached him until he moved the car out of the middle of the street to clear traffic.
“He answers me that “he is a taxpayer and does what he wants.” I tell him no! I get into the car and close the door. He forcefully opens the door and forcefully pulls me out. car, I’m trying to get him to the car. He snatches the mobile phone from which 112 called from my hands and tries to hit me. Naturally, I am on the defensive…” the mayor of Gondomar also said.
Marco Martins also said that several people approached and reassured the citizen, also ensuring that he did not know him and did not know what issue he was being contacted about.
In the same note, the mayor of the Socialist Party said that he had already filed a complaint with the PSP.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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