Protest of Firemen at the Government Headquarters Ends with Police Intervention
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Sapper firemen from Lisbon and Setúbal protested this Thursday with São Bento, in a protest that led to the strengthening of the police presence. The demonstrators tried to approach the government building and ended up being stopped by elements of the Special Police Unit. According to SIC, the authorities ended up pulling the sappers away with the use of batons.
Some dozens of firefighters are concentrated in front of Campus XXI, the building that concentrates several ministries. Still, the government will increase the Solidary Supplement for Older Persons.
The president of the National Union of Sapador Firefighters (SNBS) said today that the concentration of firefighters this afternoon at the government headquarters was spontaneous and a protest against the demarcation by the executive of a negotiating meeting.
PSP says that the manifestation was not previously authorized and that it was an unexpected manifestation.
Pyrotechnic devices were revealed, said official PSP source in a demonstration that was not previously authorized, reported the same source
The PSP Intervention Corps was mobilized to the site.
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