The autopsy on the body of Abderrahim Fakir, the 42-year-old Moroccan man who died last Sunday in Bologna during a police intervention, began at 11 a.m. in ward 18 of the Sant'Orsola hospital in Bologna. The post-mortem examination was ordered this morning by the prosecutor's office.
Proceedings are being conducted within the framework of an involuntary manslaughter case file, which involves the two police officers and four Red Cross operators who responded — not as suspects, but as persons entered in the register for preliminary notations.
Prosecutors are asking doctors to carry out histological and toxicological examinations and to verify whether the resuscitation procedures performed by the medical staff were correct. The prosecutor's office has set a 90-day timeframe for the autopsy.
"The autopsy will need to clarify the cause of death," stressed lawyer Gabriele Bordoni, who represents the two police officers, "and everything surrounding it — the actions of the officers and the medical staff, and obviously also the condition of this man before all of this happened."
The police officers' lawyer: 'A CT scan was performed on Fakir, but I'm waiting for my consultants on the results'
"I know that this CT scan was carried out yesterday, but I know nothing about the results. I'm waiting for my consultants to inform me, because among the various questions to be addressed there will also be an analysis of this scan, so we are waiting for qualified individuals to provide answers." This was stated by lawyer Bordoni, who represents the two police officers entered in the register for preliminary notations in connection with the death of Abderrahim Fakir, regarding the news reported in advance by Il Messaggero, according to which the CT scan performed yesterday on the body of the 42-year-old revealed "a compromise of the airways."
"The asphyxia," the newspaper writes, "was probably caused by the fact that for approximately 5 long minutes, the 42-year-old man of Moroccan origin remained pinned with his chest to the ground." When asked what the police officers had said about the results of the CT scan, Bordoni replied: "They have nothing to say. They have no observations to make. The observations they needed to make — on a human level and on a professional level — they have already made through me, and now they have nothing further to add. They are waiting for people with medical competence to provide the appropriate answers."
"It will take 90 days to complete all the examinations. At that point, I believe we should have some answers. If elements of interest emerge earlier on which the consultants can comment, we will know, and we will act accordingly," added Bordoni, who has chosen forensic physician Matteo Tudini as his technical expert.
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