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Cecilia Attanasio Ghezzi

Anger mounts in Italy after Moroccan man dies under police restraint while pleading for help

Human rights campaigners, protesters and Italian politicians expressed outrage after a man died while under police restraint as he pleaded for help in Bologna.

Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old from Morocco who moved to Italy when he was five, died on Sunday while being forcibly held down by two police officers, according to a video shared widely on Italian media.

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