A man, of 27 year old, Belgian Air Force soldier, was seriously injured following a fight that occurred outside a bar in the city of Beja, after being attacked with a sharp weapon.
The clashes between the Belgian military and a group of Portuguese youth, five injured, four men and a woman, aged between 27 and 53 year old, who were transported to the Emergency Service of Beja Hospital.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), the youngest of those attacked, who was stabbed in the abdomen, was hospitalized and awaits medical decision, about possible surgical intervention, the remaining four victims were discharged from hospital.
For reasons that are unknown, the change between the two groups occurred around 05,32 hours, on the outside patio and in front of the bar, close to the hotel where the military is installed, the reasons behind the clashes being unknown.
When it was possible to determine, the perpetrator or perpetrators of the attacks are identified, and when the PSP was called to the scene, they had already fled. The space was preserved and the Faro Directorate of the Judiciary Police was contacted, whose inspectors collected traces that could lead to the arrest of one of those involved.
The Belgian military are part of a detachment of that country's Air Force that has been at the Air Base for a few days 11 (BA11), in Beja, participating in Exercise ABT-L 2024, responsibility of the Belgian armed forces. When there are these types of military movements in BA11, Many of the officers are based in hotels in the city.
Helping victims and preserving the crime scene, were involved 14 operations of the Volunteer Firefighters and PSP, both Beja, the first supported by two ambulances and the second by three vehicles.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
