Initial examinations of the heart of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan who died in Bologna on July 19 while being restrained by two police officers, have found no pre-existing cardiac abnormality, Italian news agency ANSA reported as part of the forensic investigation by the Bologna prosecutor’s office.
ANSA recalled that the autopsy carried out on July 24 found blood in the lungs and signs of compression among its main findings.
The final report from the latest examination will take several more weeks. “Toxicological and histological results are still pending,” the same source reported.
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Fakir, who arrived in Italy at the age of five, died after being restrained on the ground by two police officers during his arrest in Bologna. The initial autopsy findings showed blood-filled lungs and extensive areas of hemorrhagic infiltration caused by compression to the back, which lawyer Fabio Anselmo described as “violent mechanical asphyxia caused by back compression.”
An analysis of the victim’s phone has since provided the Bologna criminal investigation unit with initial findings, while further examinations related to the autopsy are due to resume at the end of the month.
Thirty-nine days after the incident, Fakir’s body remains in Italy, while his family continues to call for its repatriation.
