Outcry in Italy After Man Dies While Being Restrained by Police

The death of the man, a Moroccan resident of Italy, set off an outcry across the country and prompted comparisons to the death of George Floyd in the United States.

By Motoko Rich and Josephine de La Bruyère

Protests in Italy after Moroccan man dies pleading for help from police

Officers use teargas and water cannon on crowds in Bologna after death of Abderrahim ⁠Fakir under police restraint Police have clashed with demonstrators during a protest in the Italian city of Bologna after a Moroccan-born man died pleading for help under police restraint. Human rights campaigners and Italy’s opposition parties have demanded urgent answers over the death on Sunday of Abderrahim ⁠Fakir, 42, who had moved to Italy when he was five years old and ran a small removals and cleanin...

By Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Moroccan-born man dies while detained by police in Italy

A video showing the final moments of Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir as he was detained by police has sparked protests.

Protests erupt in Bologna after Moroccan man dies under police restraint

Human rights campaigners and Italy's opposition parties are demanding answers regarding the death of a man who died under police restraint as he pleaded for help. The incident was likened to George Floyd's murder in the United States in 2020, and to tactics used by the US Immigration police (ICE) under President Donald Trump.As anger has grown over his death, violence protests have sparked in Bologna. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more.

By FRANCE24

Man's death during police arrest in Italy leads to street protests

Bologna picks up pieces after rioting over man's death during police intervention

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 21 - Bologna was picking up the pieces on Tuesday after protests late on Monday over the death of a Moroccan man while he was being restrained by police in the city on Sunday. Protestors threw objects at police officers and clashed with them and they wreaked havoc in the city centre by overturning café chairs and vandalizing bike-sharing-service bicycles. At least one city-owned vehicle was torched and firefighters had to intervene there and to put out a blaze sparked by a ...

By ANSA