UPDATE: It was a false alarm, the existence of grenades in a house under construction “cut” street in the center of Beja, on the old Rua das Lojas.
According to the PSP commander in Beja, it was a false alarm “being nothing related to explosives. Construction workers, by the format, suspected to be explosives, but our men made sure it had nothing to do with grenades. They would be parts of an old car and the shape eluded them”, justified Superintendent Glória Dias. A “operation” was terminated at 14,00 hours, demobilized means and work on the work resumed.
Initial news
The police cut a street in the historic center of Beja, while a grenade removal operation found this Monday in a house under construction, Dr on street. Afonso Costa.
The grenades, whose quantity and status has not yet been determined, were found about 12.40 hours of Monday, in a house under construction on Rua Dr. Afonso Costa, known as Rua das Lojas, in the center of Beja.
The street is closed to traffic and a team from the Mines Brigade and Traps of the PSP District Command Squadron of the Civil Terminal of Aeronáutico de Beja was mobilized.
Elements of the Beja Firefighters are also on site, with three vehicles, including a fire fighting car, and from PSP, a total of more than 12 operational.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
