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Man arrested over death threat to president // Lisbon's multimillion-dollar Pope altar criticised

Man arrested over death threat to president // Lisbon's multimillion-dollar Pope altar criticised

Portuguese news in English on Monday, January 30, 2023.

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Man arrested over bullet letter death threat to president

A man had been arrested on suspicion of trying to extort President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa with a death threat, Público reports. A letter arrived in Belém on October 26 containing a bullet and demanding payment of €1 million, or the president would be shot to death, police allege. Authorities took…

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