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Portugal: Two Britons arrested for hiring birthday party “kidnappers”

According to AOL Travel UK, two female British tourists have been arrested in Portugal after allegedly hiring a firm to kidnap them as part of their 40th birthday celebrations. Police raced to Lisbon’s Restauradores Square after receiving a string of calls about witnessing masked men forcing two women into a white van. Several police cars chased the van, but when they caught up with it, allegedly found that the women were thrill-seekers who had paid to be ‘kidnapped’ as part of their birthday celebrations. Read article

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Portugal: Belgian tourist killed after being swept off Peniche cliff top by wave

As covered by theportugalnews.com, “A Belgian tourist has died after being swept to her death by waves from a cliff-top in Peniche as she took pictures on a family holiday. Pedro Vinhas Silva, head of the Peniche Coastguard, said the 45-year-old woman was swept from Cabo Carvoeiro cliff-tops by a wave as she was taking […]

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