An escaped prisoner who hid out in caves and lived mainly on fruit has been recaptured in northern Portugal after 16 years on the run, police say.
The bearded, long-haired man tried to resist arrest when police cornered him at daybreak on Wednesday but he did not use the pistol he had on him, a spokesman said.
The 54-year-old man had been serving a 10-year sentence for murder when he escaped in 1993 and disappeared into his native region of Vieira do Minho. More...
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