A former elected member of the party arrives at the Parish Council of Póvoa de São Miguel, in the municipality of Moura, He was accused by prosecutors (MP) and will be judged by a Panel of Judges at the Beja Court, by a simple crime of murder, the attempted form, using a firearm.
According to the prosecutor's order (MP) de Moura to which Lidador Notícias had access, on 8 October 2021, Vitor Ramalho, of 56 year old, elected in the local authorities of 26 September 2021, fired two shots at a Swedish family, the first in Póvoa de São Miguel and the second in Amareleja, where the driver fled in fear. The defendant resigned from his position thirteen days after the events.
In the indictment, the MP justifies that the Judiciary Police “concluded from the investigation carried out that the defendant committed nine crimes of qualified homicide in the attempted form”, however, maintains that there was “insufficient evidence regarding the number of crimes” and considered that the defendant was accused of a single crime and, even this in simple form.
The PJ investigation found that as a result of the two shots fired by the defendant,, “the offended party’s vehicle had a hole in it. 0,3 centimeters in diameter and several marks typical of shots with shotgun shell cartridges.”, but no passengers were injured. The victim, was a citizen, of 41 year old, native of Kurdistan, with Swedish passport.
In detention height, the PJ revealed in a statement that the victims were “a couple of Swedish citizens and seven minor children, aged 11 years and 3 months” and that the shots were fired “apparently out of racial hatred”, but the MP's accusation makes no reference to these facts.
Despite being a holder of a European firearms card, have a license to use and carry a weapon and have all weapons legalized, one month after being brought before a Criminal Investigation Judge, the Court of Moura, for first interrogation and, have been freed, the defendant sold the 13 firearms he owned, to a gunsmith, in Monte Trigo, county Portel.
Thirteen days after the sale is made, PJ inspectors seized all the weapons and their respective booklets that were in the gunsmith's possession and the card and licenses that were with the defendant, having also been prevented from contacting his family and using firearms.
Vitor Ramalho, who was number three on Chega's list at the Parish Council of Póvoa de São Miguel and who would later be elected, resigned from his position only on the day 21 October 2021, in other words, thirteen days after the shooting of the Swedish family, that he had been in the town for four days living in a caravan.
André Ventura's reaction
At the time of the events, Chega's leader was confronted with the situation, having condemned the practice of “any crimes involving attacks against life or physical integrity”, of any human being, ensuring that the party does not defend “racial hatred”.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
Photo: Paulo Spranger (global Images)
