A man was arrested this Sunday, October 19, after climbing one of the pillars of the 25 de Abril Bridge and placing a Palestinian flag on top of the infrastructure. The action, which caused moments of tension and led to the intervention of several entities, was described by the PSP, in a statement, as “a dangerous situation for people and property”.
According to the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the Public Security Police, the alert was given by Lusoponte early in the morning, after the individual was seen walking on one of the metal tubes on the side of the board, in the South-North direction. The activist was trying to reach the highest point of the pillar, around 190 meters high, when he was located by authorities.
For around ten minutes, the police tried to establish visual and verbal contact, without success. Shortly afterwards, “the individual placed a large flag alluding to Palestine at the top of the pillar of the 25 de Abril Bridge, covering the entire pillar with another small flag“, says the PSP.