A man who stabbed a woman approximately 150 times in the parking lot of the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon after being rejected has been charged with 18 crimes, including one of stalking and one of attempted murder.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that the man has been charged with one count of stalking, thirteen counts of computer fraud, one count of possession of a prohibited weapon, one count of aggravated attempted murder, one count of aggravated physical assault, and one count of aggravated damage.
The indictment states that the man, “dissatisfied” with the fact that the woman “was not interested in maintaining contact” and had blocked him on social media, “continued to try to contact her by all means, creating various profiles on a social network or surveilling the entrance of the building where the victim lived.”
The attempted murder took place late in the afternoon of May 28, when the defendant waited for the victim to leave work and followed her to the parking lot of the José Alvalade Stadium.
The woman asked the man to leave and warned him that she would call the police, but “the defendant, without saying a word, took a knife from his backpack, grabbed the victim by her hair, and inflicted more than a hundred blows to her body, mainly on the head, torso, face, and upper limbs.”
“With the victim already on the ground, the defendant continued to stab and kick her and also attacked a citizen who tried to stop the assault, causing injuries,” reads the statement from the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The victim “suffered multiple injuries across her body” and required “surgical interventions.”
The Public Prosecutor is also seeking, in the event of a conviction, the imposition of accessory penalties, including a prohibition of contact with the victim for a period ranging from 6 months to 3 years, and the mandatory attendance of specific programs to prevent stalking behaviors.
Victim and Suspect Met on Tinder and “Exchanged Messages”
At the time of the suspect’s arrest, the Public Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the crime was motivated by the victim showing “disinterest in continuing” to communicate with the suspect, whom she met through the Tinder app.
According to a note from May 30, 2025, the suspect and the victim “met through the Tinder app” and “exchanged messages.” However, “when the victim showed disinterest in further contact with the defendant, he began to follow her, from and to her workplace, and her residence.”
On the day of the crime, the “defendant lay in wait for the victim” and withdrew a kitchen knife from his backpack when he saw the victim, inflicting “around 150 blows.” The victim suffered injuries to the “head, torso, face, and upper limbs.”
After being presented for a first judicial interrogation, the suspect was subject to pre-trial detention.
