Man’s death during police arrest in Italy leads to street protests

A man in the Italian city of Bologna died ​while being held to the ground by police, in an incident captured on video that has sparked street protests.

A man in the northern Italian city of Bologna died ​while being held to the ground by police trying to arrest him, in an incident captured on video that has sparked street protests and which prosecutors are investigating.

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Abderrahim Fakir, a Moroccan-born entrepreneur who ⁠ran a small removals and cleaning business, died on Sunday after police were called to deal with a man behaving aggressively and damaging a vehicle, Italian media said.

Footage of the incident filmed by a resident and widely shared online prompted hundreds of ⁠people to protest and drew responses from across ​the ⁠political spectrum, with opposition politicians demanding accountability and the governing coalition defending the officers involved.