Three people were killed this Wednesday with gunshots in a hair salon in Lisbonconfirmed to EFE a source from the Portuguese Judicial Police (PJ), which opened an investigation into the event.
The attack left three dead, two men and a pregnant woman, and for the moment “The reasons are not known.” of what happened, according to the same source.
Local media reported that The deceased are a barber and a taxi driver and his wifewho were customers of the establishment, located in the Penha de França district, a former working-class district of Lisbon, and were inside.
“I can confirm that three people were shot and killed and the suspects, three men, fled,” a police source told Reuters.
Several local media reported that two of the victims had died. due to head injuries.
Three people, suspected of being the perpetrators of the shooting, They are said to have fled towards the Santa Apolónia station.
Members of the PJ, the Public Security Police (PSP) and the National Institute of Medical Emergencies (INEM) went to the scene of the shooting.
These types of crimes are rare in Portugal, considered one of the safest countries in the world.
Nevertheless, violent crime increased by 5.6% last year compared to 2022 levels, reaching 14,022 cases, more than a third of them in the Lisbon metropolitan area.
