Bologna
- 4d ago
Bologna mayor Matteo Lepore assigned police escort after social media threats linked to Fakir death
The prefecture decided to assign protection after messages including 'Lepore, we want you like Fakir' appeared on social media. The mayor filed a complaint; the escort will be activated in the coming days.
- 6d ago
Emilia-Romagna approves medically assisted suicide law, third Italian region to act as parliament stalls
The regional assembly voted along party lines to establish a multidisciplinary commission and free, uniform procedures for terminally ill patients, following Tuscany and Sardinia.
- Jul 22
Monica Esposito, 55, dies after two-month fight for life following Modena car attack
Monica Esposito, 55, never regained consciousness after being struck by a car driven by Salim El Koudri on 16 May in central Modena. She died on Wednesday at Baggiovara hospital, becoming the first fatality among the eight people injured.
- Jul 20
42-year-old Moroccan dies after being held face-down by police in Bologna; video sparks outrage and protests
Abderrahim Fakir, 42, cried for help while two officers pressed him to the ground in Bologna's Pilastro district. Paramedics watched without intervening; an autopsy and bodycam review are underway.
- Jul 19
Fakir autopsy finds blood in lungs and chest compression, lawyers clash over whether force or drugs caused Bologna death
A preliminary autopsy on Abderrahim Fakir, the 42-year-old who died after being restrained by police in Bologna's Pilastro district on 19 July, has found blood in his lungs and signs of chest compression, without bone fractures or cerebral trauma. The findings have set off a battle of expert interpretations between the family's lawyers and those representing the two officers under investigation.
- Jul 13
Aurora Tila's ex-boyfriend confesses in appeal: 'I threw her from the balcony'. Court adjourns to 10 September
On 13 July 2026, the ex-boyfriend of Aurora Tila, now almost 17, confessed in Bologna's Court of Appeal to throwing the 13-year-old from a seventh-floor balcony in Piacenza on 25 October 2024, ending a year-and-a-half of denials. The trial has been adjourned to 10 September pending a prison conduct report.
- Jun 28
Manhunt with drones in Rome after triple murder in Casalotti: suspect Shahadat Hossain still at large
Police are searching for 43-year-old Shahadat Hossain, a Bangladeshi national, after he allegedly killed a fellow countryman, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter in the Casalotti district on Friday evening, wounding the couple's teenage son.
- Jun 27
Mother killed, infant in critical condition after minivan overturns on A14 near Bologna
A 24-year-old woman died at the scene and her six-month-old son was thrown into a three-metre ditch when the family's minivan rolled on the A14 motorway near Bologna on Saturday morning.
- Jun 16
Italian police arrest seven suspected anarchists over high-speed rail sabotage during Milano Cortina Olympics
Anti-terrorism police detained seven people accused of forming an anarchist militant cell that sabotaged the Rome-Florence high-speed railway in February, part of a wave of attacks during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Jun 14
Bologna bus driver has part of ear bitten off after stopping past the shelter
A passenger on a Bologna city bus attacked the driver and bit off a piece of his ear on Saturday morning after the vehicle stopped a few meters beyond the shelter.
