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Lisbon Mayor Sounds Alarm on Safety Crisis | Portugal News
Lisbon’s mayor, Carlos Moedas, is sounding the alarm over a spiraling security crisis, citing shootings, stabbings, and daylight robberies as signs of systemic failure. Despite months of pressure for promised police reinforcements—200 officers delayed by national leadership—he’s pushing for urgent action, noting Lisbon’s population has surged 100,000 since 2010 while police numbers have dropped 2,000. Framing this as a shared national struggle—not a political feud—he points to chilling incidents like a woman shot downtown with the killer still free and a man forced to take justice into his…
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