Luanda, July 29, 2025 (Lusa) - Four dead and more than 500 arrests is the provisional toll presented by the Angolan police on Tuesday after a strike by taxi drivers in Luanda, marked by acts of vandalism, looting and violence.

Police spokesman Deputy Commissioner Mateus Rodrigues told journalists that the public security situation in the Angolan capital is stable, indicating that 45 shops, 25 private vehicles, 20 public buses and three bank branches were vandalised.

“We are seeing a return to normality, thanks to the work that was done yesterday [Monday] during the afternoon and evening,” said Mateus Rodrigues, highlighting the reopening of the main roads - where acts of vandalism were reported - in the last 24 hours and the removal of obstacles placed on the roads, preventing the free movement of people.

According to Mateus Rodrigues, there are still "some pockets of disorder" in some areas, "where individuals with the same intentions as those who (...) perpetrated some actions are being repelled in an exemplary manner".

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