A Lisbon Public Security Police officer in Portugal shot dead a Cape Verdean immigrant, identified as Odair Moniz, 43, in the Cova da Moura neighborhood of Amadora in the early hours of Monday morning.

An official version, according to the Portuguese media, indicated that Moniz was wielding a melee weapon against the PSP patrol. However, during questioning by the Judicial Police (PJ), the PSP officers on duty clarified that the suspect was not wielding a melee weapon, but had threatened to take it away.

The PJ is in possession of video surveillance images that do not point to any armed threat, only to a physical confrontation by the suspect, who resisted arrest

This thesis contradicts the PSP's initial version, which indicated that Odair had a gun in his hand when he got out of the car.

The citizen's death sparked a wave of riots that has been going on for at least three days. Public buses have been set on fire with Molotov cocktails. In the last 24 hours, 13 people have been arrested, three injured and 18 identified.

The Vida Justa movement announced today that it will be holding a "No Justice, No Peace" demonstration this Saturday in Lisbon's Marquês de Pombal.

"We need to do justice and condemn the killing of Odair Moniz by the police. Unfortunately, this is not the only case. Too many people are killed in our communities. We need to put an end to police violence and impunity in the neighborhoods. People must stop being treated as non-citizens who can be attacked and killed," reads the note published on the movement's official facebook page.

Portugal's Attorney General has guaranteed that the "investigation is underway" and that he intends to give instructions "to speed up" the investigation process. According to Amadeu Guerra, all the evidence "useful for the Public Prosecutor's Office to understand and decide its position on this issue" is being analyzed.

Cape Verde's Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, said today that he trusts Portuguese justice, called for calm in the case of Odair Moniz's death, without riots, and repudiated statements against Cape Verdean immigration.

"We trust the Portuguese justice system and its institutions. The case is under criminal investigation and we hope that justice will be done with the necessary speed and with the appropriate accountability," he said in Praia, on the sidelines of a public event.