4 pigeon racers useless after dispute will get out of hand
The world of pigeon racing in Portugal has been rocked by tragedy after a person reportedly shot useless three fellow racers earlier than turning the gun on himself.
The incident occurred within the metropolis of Setubal, simply south of the capital Lisbon, when the 4 males obtained right into a heated argument when ready for his or her prized birds to return after a race.
An unlawful vegetable backyard appears to have been one of many issues on the centre of the dispute between the boys within the Bela Vista space, the place issues quickly spiralled uncontrolled.
Portuguese every day newspaper Correio da Manha reviews {that a} 60-year-old unemployed former faculty safety guard used a shotgun to kill the three males.
He then reportedly pulled the set off on himself as police arrived on the scene.
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The paper names the useless males as Rui Duarte, 47, and Mario Lucio, 65, from the Afonso Costa neighbourhood, together with Alberto Almeida, 66.
Almeida was president of the native pigeon racing district affiliation, as wedll as secretary,
Andreia Goncalves, police commissioner in Setubal, described the deaths as “an isolated situation” associated to an unresolved situation between the boys.
Authorities are treating the incident as a triple homicide and suicide.
The killing comes little over a month after two ladies have been murdered in Lisbon after a knifeman went on the rampage at a Muslim centre.
Portugal has restrictive gun legal guidelines, however firearms are authorized for looking.
According to Hélder Galveia, from the web web site “Columbofilia Online”, who knew the victims: “The pigeon racing household is in mourning.”