Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, deploying batons and dogs to clear at least 100 tents from central Lisbon and approximately 50 from Porto. Officers arrested more than 30 people during the operations.
The raids mark the latest escalation in days of clashes between police and campaigners protesting Portugal's housing crisis. The activists, inspired by similar tent encampments in Spain, had occupied central squares in both cities to draw attention to housing affordability and availability.
The Guardian reports the operations occurred in the early hours of Sunday, with police using force against the assembled protesters. The specific reasons cited by authorities for the dismantling, the identities of those arrested, and the exact timeline of the preceding clashes are not detailed in the available account.