Updated: 05/09/2025 - 13:04 GMT+2
Workers dismantled and removed nan wreckage of Lisbon’s Elevador da Glória funicular successful nan early hours of Friday, a time aft nan mishap that killed 16 people.
The operation, overseen by nan Judicial Police, transferred nan remains to Tires situation for forensic examination. Investigators said imaginable offences see negligent homicide, usurpation of information rules and homicide by omission, each carrying imaginable situation terms.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro visited nan clang tract and later attended a memorial wide successful Lisbon alongside Mayor Carlos Moedas. The President called for a swift investigation and stressed nan request to suspend different funiculars for inspection.