A Swiss woman, aged 41, was shot in the chest yesterday resisting a mugging in Lisbon’s Baixa district*.
According to Correio da Manhã tabloid, she was approached by two men – known to police for being dealers of ‘fake hashish’ – who began to harass her.
The woman “reacted, and threatened to call the authorities”, says the paper, whereupon “at the crossroads between Rua dos Correeiros with Rua da Assunção, one of the men effected a gunshot that grazed the woman in the chest area.
“The tourist fell to the ground, but was rapidly assisted by INEM (emergency medical response) and taken to hospital.”
Her injuries are not life-threatening, adds the paper. But this is the second incident in two days in Lisbon where pedestrians are known to have been accosted with violence, ending up with injuries.
The Baixa district is extremely popular with visitors, full of history – and a centre for restaurants, boutique hotels and souvenir shops.
* This was an early report by Correio da Manhã which since altered its account, and the nationality of the victim, who was Swedish, not Swiss. See subsequent story on arrest of suspect.
Source material: Correio da Manhã