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Abderrahim Fakir dies during police intervention in Bologna as Italy becomes divided
Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan national who had lived in Italy for over 30 years, died on July 19, 2026, at 12:53 p.m. in Bologna during a police intervention in the Pilastro district, according to Le Monde and Lost in the Jungle. Video footage shows him held face-down, handcuffed, before he stops moving. Two paramedics at the scene did not act for more than four minutes. A judicial investigation has been opened and an autopsy ordered. Hundreds of people demonstrated that evening, triggering a national debate between right and left over police violence.