A 36 year old Nigerian man identified as Emmanuel Chidi, was beaten to death in what has been described as a racist attack by an Italian in the central Italian town of Paolo Calcinora on Tuesday July 6th. According to reports, Emmanuel was walking on the road with his girlfriend, 24 year old Chinyere, when his attacker called her an "African monkey".
This got Emmanuel angry and he rose to defend his girlfriend. An altercation ensued and his attacker used a ripped-out road-sign pole to hit him repeatedly on the head. He fell to the ground and never regained consciousness.
He died in the hospital yesterday Wednesday July 6th. Chidi had been living in Italy for eight months and was lodged in a shelter run by Catholic charity, Caritas. Himself and his girlfriend had fled to Italy after surviving Boko Haram attacks. Only recently, his girlfriend lost their baby.
36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker, Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi,
was beaten to death in a racist attack by an ultra of a local club
soccer club Fermana who had insulted Nnamdi'd girlfriend Chinyere,
calling her an "African monkey". Police said they have arrested the
suspect. (pictured above is Chidi and the girlfriend)...
A local priest at the Fermo bishop's seminary where Chidi and Chinyere
had been staying said the attack was probably linked to four bombs
recently planted outside Fermo churches that had worked with migrants.
The bombs, which caused little damage and hurt no one, were
left outside the churches including the Duomo between February
and May, Father Vinicio Albanesi said. All the churches were run by
priests who are socially
active in helping migrants, drug addicts and the homeless and
marginalised.
According to Italian newspaper, Redazione ANSA, "waiting process before using the migrant's organs has
been started.
But Father Albanesi said there were legal problems since
the woman he defended from the two attackers is his live-in
companion but there is no proof they are married."
"So it isn't clear who can give authorisation (for the
transplants)," the priest said
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