Overview
- Police responding to a domestic-violence alert in Casais, Tomar, found the boy’s mother restrained and assaulted before taking her to hospital for treatment and psychological support.
- Officers discovered the teenager and the suspected attacker with multiple stab wounds, and a strong smell of gas was followed by an explosion that also injured a GNR officer.
- Authorities say the suspect was the mother’s former partner who had previously served a prison sentence for aggravated homicide.
- The family had been flagged to authorities over domestic-violence incidents in 2022 and 2023, and the Judicial Police’s Leiria unit is conducting the forensic investigation at the scene.
- Local media named the boy as Alfie Hallett as his basketball club and community paid tribute, and the UK Foreign Office said it is in contact with Portuguese authorities to offer consular support.