Italy: Nigerian killed in the middle of the street and no one intervenes, but recorded

Murder of a Nigerian salesman Alika Ogorchukvu in broad daylight in the middle italian city Civitanova Marche (central Italy) shocked the country today in the midst of an election campaign by criticizing the “indifference” of those who were present at the crime without intervening.

“The murder of Alika Ogorchukwu is staggering. Unprecedented cruelty. Widespread indifference. There can be no excuses, and not enough silence. The ultimate insult to Alika would be to turn the page and forget,” the leader of the Democratic Party condemned. , Enrico Letta.

Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old Nigerian, wife and 8-year-old son, died yesterday afternoon at the hands of Italian Filippo Claudio Ferlazzo, 32, is already in jail, charged with premeditated murder and robbery, given that he took the victim’s phone.

Nigerianstreet vendor, was on the main Umberto I street in Civitanova Marche, a tourist port on the Adriatic coast, when the Italians attacked him.

Thus a fight ensued, Italian He stabbed Ogorchukv several times until he was thrown to the ground, and then stood over him until he committed suicide, as seen in videos taken by bystanders.

Macerata police spokesman (center) Matteo Luconi explained that while the investigation was still open, there were no elements at the moment to attribute the crime to racismbut “it seems to have arisen” when the victim was begging.

According to the first reconstruction illustrated at the press conference, Ogorchukvu approached the attacker to ask for money, who refused and beat him to death.

the killer apologized

killer He asked the Ogorchukwu family for “forgiveness” through his lawyer and stated that the fight arose because he “persistently asked for alms” and because he grabbed his girlfriend, who was with him at the time and who already testified as a witness. hand .

murder shocked the country in the midst of the election campaign for the September 25 general election, and many people, including the public Nigeriangathered today in Civitanova Marche or Ancona to seek justice.

The Sant’Egidio Association, which welcomes refugees in Italy, deplored these developments today and called for “an end to the violence, as well as the violence that opens the way.”

“The episode took place on a street, usually full of people, in the heart of Civitanova Marche. There are even those who recorded it, others shouted at the aggressor, but no one intervened,” the organization said.

Acting Minister of Health Roberto Speranza assured that “indifference is as serious and unjustified as violence”.

Even far-right leaders Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni, always critical of immigration, lamented the crime and predicted “the maximum possible sentence” for the aggressor.

(EFE)