Bologna, July 25, 2026 – In a new video that appeared on the web and where one of the phases of the scientific police’s investigations at Pilastro last Sunday is filmed, an officer is seen for a moment uncovering a corner of the white sheet covering the body of Abderrahim Fakir.
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At that moment, the lifeless 42-year-old appears with his mouth wide open and his head covered in blood, just as blood is visible behind the man’s neck. This aspect was also examined yesterday during Fakir’s autopsy. According to lawyer Fabio Anselmo, the family’s legal representative, “he inhaled all that blood because they beat him. It’s not external blood.”
The initial investigation hypothesis, however, also through the testimonies of some residents, suggested that during the most agitated phase of Fakir’s state of agitation, the man had repeatedly hit his head against a low wall. It remains to be understood, however, whether these injuries can be attributed to the copious amount of blood immortalized in the new footage or not. And therefore, as a possible contributing cause of the containment action. Everything is being examined by the prosecutor’s super-experts, who will begin their analysis of what was collected during the examination with a first meeting on Monday.
Lawyer Anselmo: “Blood ended up in Fakir’s lungs because they beat him”
“Cocaine doesn’t cause all this. There is an asphyxial compression picture. Fakir died from violent mechanical postural asphyxia. Period. Cocaine… no way. You make a fool of yourselves”. Thus to Ansa Fabio Anselmo, the lawyer defending the family of Fakir, commenting on the video images. “Isn’t the bad impression made with Aldrovandi enough? Wasn’t the one with Magherini enough? – Anselmo continues – With Aldrovandi, drugs were talked about for a year”.
Then “during the evidentiary hearing, the anti-doping center’s investigations” showed that “there were no drugs in Federico Aldrovandi’s body. Do you understand how dangerous it is to talk about cocaine for propaganda? Cocaine doesn’t cause all this.”
“To me, nothing about this incident seemed strange – adds Anselmo – It’s a film I’ve seen dozens of times. They (the officers, ed.) know very well, or should know very well, how to behave. They explain it in police courses.”
And still on the blood seen in the video, Anselmo continues: “And how did all that blood end up in his lungs? He inhaled it because they beat him. It’s not external blood. What does cocaine have to do with it?”
“Serious toxicological investigations take days and days. The test performed is unreliable – he says regarding the initial autopsy results – and even the defense consultants know it. It’s a test done to mislead”. “Cocaine doesn’t cause all this,” he emphasizes.
