Abderrahim Fakir’s body to be repatriated to Morocco after Bologna autopsy reports
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
The body of Abderrahim Fakir, who died during a police operation in Bologna, is to be handed to his family after the final forensic reports are submitted, expected before 15 November. Experts appointed by the prosecutor attribute his death to acute respiratory failure, while the family’s doctor questions the restraint used, according to ANSA.
The body of Abderrahim Fakir, who died during a police operation in Bologna, will be handed over to his family for repatriation and burial in Morocco after the final forensic reports are submitted. The parties have until 15 November to file the documents, according to Italian news agency ANSA, cited by Yabiladi on 30 October.
The initial findings of experts appointed by the Bologna prosecutor’s office attribute the death, which occurred on 19 July in the Pilastro district, to acute respiratory failure linked to cocaine intoxication and severe heart disease. Agitation, elevated body temperature and being held face down during restraint were identified as aggravating factors.
The family disputes this analysis. Its medical consultant, Professor Vittorio Fineschi, says Fakir was held face down for six minutes and 27 seconds, with his arms behind his back and pressure applied to his upper body. In a statement filed on 29 October by lawyer Fabio Anselmo, he argues that chest compression impaired breathing and that the presence of cocaine proves neither the cause of the pulmonary haemorrhage nor the cause of death.
The conditions under which emergency services intervened are also under review. The prosecutor’s experts identified shortcomings but did not establish that different care would have prevented the death, while the Red Cross legal team is preparing its own medical observations, reports BolognaToday.
