Fakir death in Bologna, the prosecutor's report: "The crushing was a contributing cause"

The crushing of Abderrahim Fakir's body (reconstruction: from arrest to death) during the police intervention, which saw him held on the ground, was a contributing cause of his death. In the absence of such crushing, therefore, his death would not have occurred. This is what the prosecutor's experts established in the report in which they indicate, among the determining factors in the 42-year-old's death, the intake of cocaine - which reduces lung capacity - and the man's general health conditions.

The family's lawyer: "Asphyxia is the real cause of death"

"The experts - reports the lawyer who assists Fakir's family, Fabio Anselmo - said that asphyxia was the real cause of death and he lacked air because he was compressed, he was agitated and had a need for more air determined by the fact that he had taken cocaine and therefore his breathing capacity had been reduced, but if he had not been crushed these last two conditions would not have led to death".