Bologna, July 29, 2026 – “The family of Abderrahim Fakir gave a lesson in civility and education yesterday in front of the Bologna Police Headquarters.” There is no doubt for lawyer Fabio Anselmo, who represents the family of the 42-year-old who died in Pilastro last July 19, at the climax of a police intervention. In what was a courtesy meeting, during which the Chief of Police Vittorio Pisani received Fakir’s relatives, the niece Yossra and sister Khadija, who appeared without notice in Piazzale Galilei, the family reiterated their trust in the institutions and Justice, “showing great dignity” Anselmo emphasized again.
Pisani’s condolences to Fakir’s family
During the meeting, which lasted about an hour, between Pisani and Yossra and Khadija Fakir, the Chief of Police expressed his condolences to the two relatives of Abderrahim guaranteeing the utmost institutional commitment to shed full light on the Pilastro tragedy.
“The unions should take care of the working conditions of the officers”
Then, a jab at the police unions that in recent days had commented on the lawyer’s request to disqualify the mobile squad from the investigations into the Fakir case.
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“The unions should think about and take care of doing good for the working conditions of the officers, instead of intervening in investigative matters with statements that do not do good to the officers who carried out the arrest in the first place and then also to the relatives of Abderrahim Fakir, who instead I reiterate showed great dignity in front of the Bologna police headquarters”.
The Prosecutor’s Office: “The impartiality of the investigations is guaranteed by the magistrates”
“The impartiality of the investigations is guaranteed by the magistrates of the Prosecutor’s Office.” This is what the Bologna Prosecutor’s Office states following the request by lawyer Fabio Anselmo, who represents the relatives of Abderrahim Fakir to entrust the investigations to another investigative body other than the Police. According to what has been learned, the prosecutor’s office is continuing the work to have a technically reliable, chronologically logical reconstruction of the acquired images, on the basis of which to then verify if there are points and aspects to be further investigated.
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