World News | Man kills 3 in dispute between Portuguese pigeon racers

MADRID, April 30 (AP) – Portuguese police said Sunday that a man shot and killed three people before turning the gun on himself in what local media described as an incident between rival pigeon racers. dispute.

Andrea Gonçalves, police chief in the city of Setúbal, south of Lisbon, described an altercation between four men aged between 30 and 60 and said one of them killed himself before shooting himself. other people.

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She described the deaths as “isolated circumstances” related to unresolved issues between men.

Portuguese media reported from the scene that the four dead were participating in a pigeon race and their differences also centered on the illegal vegetable garden.

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Portugal has restrictive firearms laws, but firearms are legally used for hunting. Portugal has recorded an average of around 80 homicides a year since 2015, about one-fifth of which were committed by firearms, according to police statistics. (Associated Press)

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