Following the disturbances in Lisbon last week, in which shots were fired between the gypsy and immigrant black communities, tensions have remained high, despite the Câmara Municipal and the Police advising people that they should be going home.
In the days following the shootings, which was caused by a dispute between two rival groups, the Police saturated the area, and made a few arrests. Four of the arrests were made at the Câmara Municipal in Loures, where some of the gypsies have been congregating, when police found four guns in the camping gypsies.
According to reports yesterday, more gypsies are going to the area from all over the country, presumably in support of the residents of Quinta da Fonte. This will not please the local Câmara or the Police, as they will be anticipating an increase in tension just at the time they are trying to defuse it.
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