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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Protests in Italy after death of Moroccan man under police restraint

A shirtless protester kneels, raises a fist and holds a portrait of Abderrahim Fakir as dozens more sit and crouch on the ground behind him
A protester holding a portrait of Abderrahim Fakir during a demonstration in Bologna on Monday night. Photograph: Michele Lapini/Reuters

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 lived in Italy since he was five years old and ran a small removals and cleaning business.

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