Four Irish women attacked on holiday in the Algarve (merged)

My friends, this was taken from Algarve Resident newspaper:

http://www.algarveresident.com/0-43115/algarve/alleged-sexual-assaults-investigated-by-police

Thank you, Pedro - rather disturbing. One, I would be a bit dubious - but not three with the same pattern.

And poor man - killed for €100.

Yes bb1, you´re right.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/four-irish-women-attacked-on-holiday-in-the-algarve-2867483.html

By Independent.ie reporters


Tuesday September 06 2011

Portuguese police have launched an investigation into an attack which left four Irish women injured. The attack happened in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Algarve.

It is believed the women, who were on holiday in the area, were not seriously injured.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance, through the embassy in Lisbon, and family members are flying out today to be with them.

Their passports were among a number of items stolen.

There has been a spate of attacks on foreign tourists in the Algarve this year.

In June, two Irish women aged 28 and 29 were attacked by three men in Praia da Rocha, Portimão, on their way back to their hotel.

- Independent.ie reporters

Thanks, Anita, there is another report from Pedro, about a series of seperate incidents - I am going to merge them, and maybe we can put all these reports in one place? They won't get lost that way, and they may be of use in the future.

No probs bonny

Anything interesting in the Portuguese press can go here, too.

This is ridiculous. The Algarve really isn't that large an area. Who on earth is going to want to go there on holiday?

Except the Nasties. Booking up wholesale, are they? I bet. The Algarve is toast for sensible people.

The story is in the Resident now:

http://www.algarveresident.com/0-43394/algarve/irish-tourists-robbed-at-their-holiday-villa

Irish tourists robbed at their holiday villa
Updated: 09-Sep-2011

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com

A group of Irish women were robbed at gunpoint by two men during the early hours of Monday while they were relaxing by the pool at their holiday villa in the Sesmarias area near Albufeira.

A spokesman from the GNR police told the Algarve Resident: “We can confirm that a group of six or seven Irish women were assaulted while they were at their holiday villa.

“Money, mobile phones and iPods were stolen during the attack and the investigation has now been passed on to the PJ police.”

According to Portuguese daily newspaper Correio da Manhã (CM), the women were by the pool of the villa at around 1am when two masked and armed men broke into the property.

CM reported that the women, who are all said to be aged around 30, gave up their possessions, including “jewellery, money, computers and credit cards”, without offering any resistance, after which the men fled the scene in a BMW, where two other men were waiting.

It is understood that the incident led to the women requesting that the villa management company arrange private security 24 hours a day.

“They decided to stay in the villa for the rest of their holidays but only if we arranged for private security,” a spokesman for the villa management company told CM. A PJ police spokesman told the Algarve Resident that “further statements will be made when we have more details about the case”.

A spokesman from the Irish Embassy told the Algarve Resident: “We can confirm that we are offering assistance to the Irish citizens in Albufeira but are unable to reveal any further details regarding the case.”

I see the PJ are showing their usual concern for the safety of holidaymakers on the Algarve.