According to Correio da Manha, the victim was a 59 year old Brazilian man who had been found tied up in the factory and had suffered injuries. The paper added that the victim had a heart attack and that emergency services attempted to resuscitate him without success at the scene.

Lusa news agency reported that the police were called to the scene at 2.10am by staff from the factory in Patã de Baixo in Albufeira, who believed there had been a break in. When police arrived at the scene they found the man already unconscious and lifeless.