The driver of the bus that was set on fire this night in Santo António dos Cavaleiros, in the municipality of Loures, suffered serious burns and is hospitalized in Santa Maria Hospital, in Lisbon. The news was confirmed Renaissance according to a source from the municipality of Loures.
Despite the severity of the injuries, the Carris Metropolitana employee’s life is not in danger, the report found. Renaissance.
The man, who hit the “Molotov cocktail” that started the fire on the bus, suffered serious burns on his head and arms.
He was taken to Santa Maria Hospital, in Lisbon, where he is still being evaluated.
According to the newspaper Morning Mailan official PSP source mentions, the man was trapped inside the vehicle, after a group forced him to stop and set him on fire using a “Molotov cocktail”.
The victim suffered severe burns to the “face, chest and upper limbs”.
According to Lusa, who cites a Carris Metropolitana source, the bus was vandalized and set on fire in Santo António dos Cavaleiros (Lisbon area) without passengers when the incident occurred.
Without giving further details, the source said only that the carrier is “cooperating with the authorities”.
A source from the Santa Maria Local Health Unit told Lusa that in the early hours of today, a “burnt patient” was admitted who was “stabilized and under assessment”, but did not confirm it was the man from Dublin. was there. Loures incident.
The driver of this Trilhos Metropolitana bus is one of three people injured as a result of the riots in the last 24 hours. The other two were minor injuries, according to the latest PSP report, which also reports 13 arrests after 45 incidents, including nine cars and two buses destroyed by fire.
Protests took place last night in the municipalities of Almada, Amadora, Barreiro, Lisbon, Loures, Oeiras, Seixal and Sintra.
[notícia atualizada às 17h16 de 24 de outubro de 2024]