Police Station Attacked in Portugal Protests

Police Station Attacked in Portugal Protests
Damage caused by molotov cocktails on the police station building at the Bela Vista neighborhood in Setubal, Portugal, on Jan. 22, 2019. Reuters/Rafael Marchante
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SEIXAL, Portugal—Unidentified attackers threw petrol bombs at a police station in the Portuguese city of Setubal and torched cars in the capital Lisbon on Jan. 22, hours after a protest against alleged racially-motivated police violence ended in clashes.

Police said in a statement that three petrol bombs caused damage to the station in the early hours of the morning but nobody was hurt. They reinforced patrols to guarantee residents’ safety.