The video shocks Italy.
The images of a Nigerian street vendor beaten to death in the middle of the street in Civitanova in the Marche region, in the west of the country, have been causing a stir since Friday, even causing the political class to react.
According to police, quoted by Italian media, Alika Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old Nigerian was selling goods in a shopping street when he was assaulted by a 32-year-old man.
The attacker chased him, threw him to the ground, beat him with his crutch before stealing his phone.
The scene was filmed but no one intervened, although passers-by protested.
The four-minute video was shared on social media.
According to the investigators, Filippo Ferlazzo, arrested and imprisoned for intentional homicide, would not have supported the insistence with which Alika asked for coins.
His lawyer specifies that he is "suffering from mental disorders", writes RFI.
According to the Ansa agency, the man was under the guardianship of his mother.
From his cell, he apologized.
But the lawyer for the victim's family felt that they were not enough.
Filippo Ferlazzo should be presented to an investigating judge on Monday.
Several political personalities also reacted, such as the leader of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta: “The murder of Alika Ogorchukwu leaves us appalled.
It is unprecedented ferocity in widespread indifference, he wrote on Twitter.
There can be no justification.
We have to stop being silent.
The final outrage to Alika would be to move on and forget.
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No if può morire così.
Una preghiera per Alika e un abbraccio alla sua family, per l'assassino pena certa fino in fondo.
Città allo sbando, violenze di giorno e di notte, non se ne può più: la sicurezza non ha colore, la sicurezza deve tornare ad essere un Diritto.
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— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) July 30, 2022
Even the leader of the far-right La Ligue du Nord party, Matteo Salvini spoke out, sending his support to the victim's family and children before denouncing "the violence day and night": "Security n there is no color, security must once again become a right”.