500 crimminals gather to rob a beach


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Carcavelos beach near Lisbon

The mass attack on a popular beach was unprecedented

Some 500 youths, mainly teenagers, have raided a popular beach near Lisbon spreading panic among beachgoers and mugging a large number of people.

Carcavelos beach, 15km (10 miles) west of the Portuguese capital, was crowded on Friday because the country was celebrating a national holiday.

Policemen in riot gear were confronted by gangs and struggled to restore calm, making four arrests.

The attackers are believed to come from some of the capital's poorest suburbs.

"Small groups of youngsters aged 12 to 20 assembled and robbed en masse those they found on the beach," a local cafe owner, Helder Gabriel, told AFP news agency.

A small number of police officers from the nearby town of Cascais initially tried to disperse the mob, but were forced to call reinforcements because the gangs were refusing to leave the beach.

Five people, including two police officers, suffered minor injuries.

Cascais municipal authorities believe the youngsters came from poorer suburbs of

the capital.

BBC

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I was reading another thread about happy slapping, now crimminals are so brazen as to organize and mug people at a beach? Jeez, it sounds like Europe is in the grip of ultra-violence. It makes it seem like a scary place to live! That used to be the US's job!

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Well, 500 of them against thousands of citizens in the beach is not too bad. Then again, these "gangsters" probably mugged people outside the beach in the streets. I doubt they actually ran into the beach and started robbing people; too many people around.

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