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The youths caused alarm within the school community and put the safety of students, teachers, and staff at risk.
357 pyrotechnic items were seized
This behaviour is not new, and the minor has reportedly even threatened a teacher. The facts have been reported to the CPCJ and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Minor detained by PSP investigators. Indicted for 4 counts of robbery, committed as part of a group.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of participating in four robberies near schools in Moita. According to a statement from the PSP, the youth was also identified as the perpetrator of a robbery at a commercial establishment in the Baixa da Banheira area when he was 15, during which he assaulted a police officer. The suspect, arrested on March 6, is strongly suspected of committing four robbery crimes, three of which were aggravated, between January 5 and February 24, 2026. The PSP stated that the suspect operated within a juvenile gang, using numerical superiority to target vulnerable minors near schools, employing threats, physical violence, and bladed weapons to steal personal items such as mobile phones. Following his first judicial interrogation, the suspect was remanded in custody.
Nelson Semedo, 18, was taken to the Leiria Youth Prison. The judge had requested that he be kept separate from his rivals.
The youths, aged between 18 and 21, are suspected of being part of “a criminal cell responsible for terrorising Lisbon in recent weeks”.
