Third Portuguese Killed in Angolan Capital in Two Weeks
Michel Santos
Euronews
41 years old, married with three children. Pedro Gonçalves, a Portuguese citizen living in Angola for a decade was the third Portuguese to be murdered in Luanda in the space of two weeks, the fourth since February.
The construction engineer was ambushed on a road near an aluminum company. It was almost 8 pm on Tuesday night. He was shot twice by two people on a motorcycle.
The Portuguese was on his way to a restaurant bar frequented by the Portuguese community to watch with teammates at a game of snooker for the championship of Angola.
It was loved by everyone, in his house much more, for all and more reasons. This is a tragedy for all of us.
Rui Brás, the owner, and friends can not explain what happened.
“ Pedro was a calm, thoughtful person with a sense of humor, friend of his friend. I can not understand … and we were really thinking about the person he was … we could not find justification for this to happen. I do not think he would react to the robbery, I can not tell, the place, at that place, maybe the car got stuck in the ground “, he said.
Fernando Penetra is a friend and snooker team captain.
“ It was loved by everyone, in his house much more, for all and more reasons. This is a tragedy for all of us “, Penetra said.
The motive is not yet known. Authorities are in possession of video surveillance footage and investigating the murder.
Euronews
41 years old, married with three children. Pedro Gonçalves, a Portuguese citizen living in Angola for a decade was the third Portuguese to be murdered in Luanda in the space of two weeks, the fourth since February.
The construction engineer was ambushed on a road near an aluminum company. It was almost 8 pm on Tuesday night. He was shot twice by two people on a motorcycle.
The Portuguese was on his way to a restaurant bar frequented by the Portuguese community to watch with teammates at a game of snooker for the championship of Angola.
It was loved by everyone, in his house much more, for all and more reasons. This is a tragedy for all of us.
Rui Brás, the owner, and friends can not explain what happened.
“ Pedro was a calm, thoughtful person with a sense of humor, friend of his friend. I can not understand … and we were really thinking about the person he was … we could not find justification for this to happen. I do not think he would react to the robbery, I can not tell, the place, at that place, maybe the car got stuck in the ground “, he said.
Fernando Penetra is a friend and snooker team captain.
“ It was loved by everyone, in his house much more, for all and more reasons. This is a tragedy for all of us “, Penetra said.
The motive is not yet known. Authorities are in possession of video surveillance footage and investigating the murder.
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