A former elected member of the party arrives at the Parish Council of P贸voa de S茫o 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 Not铆cias 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 P贸voa de S茫o 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 鈥渃oncluded from the investigation carried out that the defendant committed nine crimes of qualified homicide in the attempted form鈥, however, maintains that there was 鈥渋nsufficient evidence regarding the number of crimes鈥 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,, 鈥渢he offended party鈥檚 vehicle had a hole in it. 0,3 centimeters in diameter and several marks typical of shots with shotgun shell cartridges.鈥, 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 鈥渁 couple of Swedish citizens and seven minor children, aged 11 years and 3 months鈥 and that the shots were fired 鈥渁pparently out of racial hatred鈥, 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 P贸voa de S茫o 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.
Andr茅 Ventura's reaction
At the time of the events, Chega's leader was confronted with the situation, having condemned the practice of 鈥渁ny crimes involving attacks against life or physical integrity鈥, of any human being, ensuring that the party does not defend 鈥渞acial hatred鈥.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
Photo: Paulo Spranger (global Images)
