A 37-year-old tourist was injured last night following an attempted robbery on Rua de Santa Maria, in Funchal's Old Town.
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A possible attempted robbery is thought to have caused the power outage in the Boa Nova area.
A tourist was stabbed in the back this morning after putting up a fight when two men tried to rob him at knifepoint.
Last week, the Firefighters Sappers of Funchal (BSF), were called in the early hours to Calçada Cabouqueira, São Pedro, to assist a man who had been assaulted.
The homeowner who stabbed a man during a robbery at his home has been arrested for murder.
A tourist in her 70s was robbed at knifepoint in Câmara de Lobos yesterday.
An attempted robbery at 8 am this morning on Rua João de Deus ended in the stabbing, causing serious injury to a 47-year-old.
Just after midday yesterday, reports of a shooting in São Roque, Funchal were reported. The initial information was sketchy, only saying that the Public Security Police Rapid Response Brigade, and the Judicial Police were on site.
A former CTT employee, accused of having stealing 37 thousand euros was sentenced today to a four year suspended sentence.
As part of the regular operational activity carried out by the PSP Madeira Regional Command with other regional entities, including the Funchal Police Division, and the Regional Authority for Economic Activities, a 63-year-old taxi driver, born in Angola and residing in Funchal, was arrested for tariff speculation.
The PSP Regional Command issued a statement this morning confirming that last weekend they arrested three men on domestic violence charges. The three Madeiran men, aged between 35 and 47 will remain in police custody until their initial court hearings.
This evening, the first day of the new restrictive measures, the Public Security Police (PSP) were out monitoring traffic and ensuring that the new timings are adhered to. And as motorists desperately tried to get home before 19:00, traffic became congested during the busy streets of Funchal.
The Santander branch in Santo António was broken in to last Saturday night. The assailants destroyed windows and security doors into the bank, but it is unclear if the thieves took anything of material value.
A young man was the victim of a robbery and assault last night (8th if January).