Overview
- Abderrahim Fakir died after a police restraint in Bologna on July 19, and prosecutors have entered two police officers and four medical workers in a 45-bis register on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
- Multiple resident videos and partial police bodycam footage show Fakir restrained face down with hands and feet bound while he cried for air and complained he was dying, and newly released bodycam frames show pressure on his head and back and a wound at the base of his neck.
- Early CT and autopsy indications reported to investigators say Fakir likely suffocated on blood from an internal hemorrhage that occurred when his chest could not expand under prolonged compression, a finding that prosecutors have asked experts to verify.
- Investigators have summoned six witnesses and family members to testify, are seeking a man seen holding Fakir’s feet in the footage, and are forensically analysing video and audio while probing who leaked bodycam frames to the media.
- The case has prompted local protests, a family fundraising campaign to cover legal and technical costs, and renewed questions about emergency response and mental‑health protocols used by police and ambulance services during such interventions.