
Friends of the Portuguese man killed in Albania say the young man was trying to help a girl who was being harassed. The group that was with Luís Miguel Varela Mendes, 20, say the young man tried to intervene to stop a case of harassment against a girl.
Friends of Luís Miguel Varela Mendes, the 20-year-old Portuguese man who was stabbed to death in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the Albanian coastal town of Ksamil, have told local police that the victim died after trying to stop a case of harassment against a girl.
According to several Albanian media outlets, the young men gave their testimonies to the police on Thursday afternoon. They described how they had encountered a woman who was being harassed on the street.
Luis Mendes, according to their testimony, was the first to try to stop the situation.
Sokrat Vata, the main suspect in the murder, is said to have been part of the group that was harassing the girl.
The debate between the Albanians and Luís Mendes' group continued until the turn to enter a resort in the city, where local police believe the murder took place.
Luís Mendes' body continues to remain in Albania, where it will undergo an autopsy. (CM JORNAL)