A person has shot lifeless three folks in a dispute with rival pigeon racers in Portugal.

The 4 males had been ready within the metropolis of Setubal, south of Lisbon, for his or her pigeons to return after a race however they had been additionally arguing about an unlawful vegetable backyard.

Portuguese every day newspaper Correio da Manha stated that one, an unemployed 60-year-old, shot the opposite three, earlier than turning the gun on himself as police arrived.

The victims had been aged 47 and 65, whereas the age of the third has not been made public.

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Andreia Goncalves, police commissioner in Setubal, described the deaths as "an isolated situation" associated to an unresolved difficulty between the boys.

Portugal has restrictive gun legal guidelines however firearms are authorized for looking.