Bologna Mayor Receives Security Escort Amid Threats Over Moroccan's Death

Matteo Lepore, the centre-left Mayor of Bologna, has been assigned a security escort after receiving numerous online threats. The threats followed his organization of a demonstration demanding truth about the case of Abderrahim Fakir, a Moroccan man whose death sparked controversy.

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Bologna mayor given security escort following threats linked to Moroccan's death

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 27 - Bologna's centre-left Mayor Matteo Lepore has been given a security escort, having come under a barrage of online threats after he organized a demonstration last week calling for the truth about the case of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan man who died while being restrained by police in the city. While that demonstration passed off peacefully, protests in other parts of the city turned into a riot last Monday, with 64 police officers injured and massive damage...

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Bologna Mayor Receives Security Escort Amid Threats Over Moroccan's Death

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