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Europe · 13 mins ago
Autopsy on body of Moroccan who died while being restrained by police
An autopsy on the body of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan man who died while being restrained by police in Bologna on Sunday, got underway on Friday at the city's Sant'Orsola hospital. Investigators have opened a probe into involuntary manslaughter and are looking into the conduct of the two police officers who were trying to restrain Fakir and four paramedics who were also at the scene. Fakir died after being pinned to the ground face down. In a video recorded by a local person, Fakir can be held shouting "help" and "enough" as the police try to restrain him, tying his hands and feet together, before he passes out. Daily newspaper Il Messaggero reported on Friday that a CAT scan done on Thursday ahead of the autopsy suggested that Fakir suffocated following damage to his respirat
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