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Manhunt for Portugal Politician

Portuguese police have launched a manhunt for a local election candidate accused of shooting his rival’s husband at a voting station in the north.

The Socialist Party’s Antonio Cunha is suspected of killing Maximino Clemente, the regional council president’s husband and member of the PSD party.

The regional police said Mr Clemente was shot on Sunday shortly before the polls opened in the town of Fervenca.

The polling station was closed and the vote was postponed for a week.

A statement from the Portuguese Gendarmerie in the Vila Real region said Mr Cunha “fired a shot that fatally hit the victim in the head” at 0710 local time.

A polling station worker told Portuguese media that Mr Cunha fled after the shooting.

“He had a shotgun in his hand, pointed it to Maximino, shot and left without saying anything,” Armindo Marques told the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha.

The local polls took place two weeks after the 27 September general election that brought the Socialists back to power.

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