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IGAI opens inquiry following police interventions in Lisbon and Porto on Sunday morning
The Inspectorate-General of Internal Administration (IGAI) has opened an administrative process to investigate police conduct during operations that occurred in the early hours of Sunday, 25 October, at Rossio (Lisbon) and Praça D. João I (Porto). These interventions, which targeted housing-right demonstrations, resulted in 33 injuries and 33 arrests for disobedience, and are also the subject of a separate inquiry by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Why it matters
This inquiry into police procedures follows a high-profile incident involving the violent dispersal of housing protests, signaling a formal investigation into how such public demonstrations are managed by authorities moving forward.Useful?
