{"id":194924,"date":"2023-10-17T21:51:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194924"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:51:45","slug":"police-hunt-british-tourists-after-teenager-stabbed-in-neck-in-lisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/police-hunt-british-tourists-after-teenager-stabbed-in-neck-in-lisbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt British tourists after teenager stabbed in neck in Lisbon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police in Portugal are hunting for a group of British tourists after a teenager was attacked with a broken bottle and left for dead in Lisbon on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Horrifying video shows the moment Daniel Galhanas, 19, was stabbed in the neck in the district of Bairro Alto around 4:30am this weekend.<\/p>\n
Daniel was targeted while trying to defend his friend, one of several thieves from the Sintra Line gang who tried to rob the British tourists, according to local media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Family members have denied Daniel was involved with the gang and say he was only trying to help his friend when he was attacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One tourist is seen launching a bottle at Daniel’s friend before stabbing the victim, running off as Daniel stumbles and collapses in a pool of blood in the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daniel went into cardiac arrest and was taken alive to\u00a0S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Hospital after being found by volunteer firefighters – but did not survive his injuries.<\/p>\n
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The group, who police believe are British tourists, is seen in an altercation on a Lisbon street around 4:30am on Saturday. Daniel is pictured wearing a black top and white trousers<\/p>\n
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The group of British tourists were seen clashing with a group understood to be thieves. Daniel came between the group and his friend, who was reportedly hit with a bottle<\/p>\n
Video footage from above the street shows about a dozen people clashing in the road as cars pass at the intersection of Cal\u00e7ada do Combro and Largo do Calhariz.<\/p>\n
Police say the gang targets foreign tourists on weekend evenings as they walk through the city after a night out.<\/p>\n
The Judiciary Police are now investigating the case and say they have already questioned several witnesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stabbing victim Daniel Galhanas was first identified as one of the gang members who attacked the group, allegedly British tourists, in Lisbon.<\/p>\n
A close family member said police are currently hunting a Brit for his murder.<\/p>\n
He told local media: ‘An Englishman throws a glass bottle at his friend, who breaks it.<\/p>\n
‘The same individual picks up the pieces of glass and hits Daniel, who stood in front of his friend to defend him.’<\/p>\n
‘The group of Englishmen flee and are chased by Daniel’s friends.’<\/p>\n
His parents have said he was not involved and only trying to help a friend when he was attacked.<\/p>\n
According to the family, one of the tourists threw a bottle at Daniel’s friend after the group was approached.<\/p>\n
The bottle broke and the unnamed suspect picked up the smashed bottle, using it to slash at Daniel, who had come between the group and his friend.<\/p>\n
In the video, one man is seen staggering off after apparently being hit with something.<\/p>\n
He joins another group of men watching on from the road as Daniel is apparently stabbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The group of tourists is then seen in the video running away as Daniel is left bleeding in the street.<\/p>\n
A team from the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department helped Daniel as they passed by before medical professionals took him to hospital.<\/p>\n
Daniel was already in cardiac arrest when they arrived and did not survive his injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities continue to search for the group of Englishmen, though the Judiciary Police admit they may have already left the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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From another view, the group of tourists is seen running off as Daniel bleeds out in the street<\/p>\n
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Around the corner, the group faces off with another group, seemingly the gang<\/p>\n
In 2020, a British tourist was rushed to hospital in Portugal after being stabbed during a bungled street robbery while on a pilgrimage.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old woman was knifed in the arm by a masked mugger in Vialonga, north of Lisbon, on September 16.<\/p>\n
Local reports said the criminal fled empty-handed after seeing the amount of blood she was losing.<\/p>\n
Crime in Portugal is generally low and most crimes are non violent; the country is ranked the 6th most peaceful in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n