A BRITISH vacationer has been arrested and extradited to Portugal after a youngster was brutally stabbed to dying with a damaged bottle in Lisbon.

The 27-year-old fugitive was bundled on a flight again to the Portuguese capital and remanded in custody after dropping a battle towards his pressured return.

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He’s anticipated to face trial over the killing of Daniel Galhanas, 19, who was stabbed within the neck within the metropolis’s celebration hotspot Bairro Alto within the early hours of October 14, 2023.

Daniel was reportedly attacked whereas attempting to defend a pal throughout a violent bust-up between rival teams – one in every of which included British holidaymakers.

Preliminary stories claimed the teenager’s pal had tried to rob the vacationer and his mates as a part of a gang of thieves focusing on foreigners within the space.

However Daniel’s household strongly deny he had any involvement in legal exercise – insisting he was merely attempting to assist a pal in hassle when he was fatally attacked.

Footage of the incident reveals a person hurling a bottle at Daniel’s pal earlier than choosing up the damaged glass and stabbing Daniel, who stumbles earlier than collapsing in a pool of blood.

He went into cardiac arrest on the scene and was rushed to São José Hospital by volunteer firefighters – however died shortly after from his accidents.

Video from the night time reveals chaos erupting on the road close to Largo do Calhariz, with a dozen folks brawling as vehicles drive previous the carnage.

Confirming the dramatic arrest and extradition, Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria mentioned that they had labored with UK police and judicial authorities to trace down the 27-year-old suspect.

He’s believed to have dedicated first-degree homicide in 2023 in Largo do Calhariz, in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto district.

They mentioned the crime befell between 4am and 5am on October 14, following a violent altercation between two rival teams.

“The sufferer ended up being hit within the neck with a damaged glass bottle, which precipitated severe accidents and led to his dying on the spot,” a spokesman mentioned.

Officers mentioned the suspect and his group fled the scene instantly after the assault.

They defined {that a} probe led by the PJ’s Lisbon and Tagus Valley Directorate resulted within the suspect being recognized and a world arrest warrant being issued.

“The suspect, a overseas nationwide, was ultimately situated and arrested in the UK, the place he travelled to the day after the homicide,” they added.

He has since appeared earlier than judicial authorities in Portugal and been remanded in pre-trial custody.

On the time of the horror assault, native stories named Daniel because the younger man seen in a disturbing viral video being stabbed with a glass shard earlier than collapsing.

Police instructed his devastated household they have been searching an “English vacationer” in reference to the killing.

A relative mentioned: “An Englishman throws a glass bottle at his pal, who breaks it. The identical particular person picks up the items of glass and hits Daniel, who stood in entrance of his pal to defend him.

“The group of Englishmen flee and are chased by Daniel’s mates. He was left behind to faint with a pal, because the video reveals.”

The household have repeatedly rejected claims Daniel was linked to a gang, saying he was an area boy from Odivelas who was merely within the incorrect place on the incorrect time.

A volunteer fireplace workforce who discovered Daniel bleeding on the road tried to avoid wasting him – however later had their very own automobile attacked in a separate incident.

Commander Débora Alves mentioned: “I do not join one factor to the opposite, however, shortly after the homicide, a person was arrested for having stoned the window of one in every of our vehicles.

“The automobile was inoperable after the assault.”