Portuguese police arrest 13, dozens injured in housing protest

Portuguese riot police stormed protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday morning during a confrontation over the country's housing crisis. According to the New Straits Times, officers used dogs and batons to clear an encampment in Lisbon's Rossio Square and a smaller camp in Porto's Dom Joao I Square around 4:30 am. Police reported that six people were arrested in Lisbon and seven in Porto for refusing orders to disperse, while Punch and Punch Nigeria reported a total of 13 arrests.

The New Straits Times reports that 13 police officers were injured during the operation, with eight taken to the hospital. Police stated that some demonstrators hurled paint and bottles at officers and that three plain-clothes officers in Porto were assaulted. In response, the activist group Acampada Lisboa claimed more than 30 protesters were injured, including 10 who required hospital treatment.

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