Meloni government had claimed case showed why officers using weapons in self-defence needed more protection

The arrest of an Italian police officer on suspicion of murder over the fatal shooting of a Moroccan man has prompted a row after the opposition accused Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government of exploiting the case for political ends.

Abderrahim Mansouri, 28, was shot in the head by Carmelo Cinturrino, assistant chief of Mecenate police station, during a police drugs patrol in the Rogoredo area of Milan in late January. Cinturrino originally said he had acted in self-defence after Mansouri pulled a gun on him.

Rom bringt einen Algerier in eines der umstrittenen Haftlager in Albanien – ohne schriftlichen Beschluss. Nun muss der Staat ihm eine Entschädigung zahlen. Ministerpräsidentin Meloni reagiert heftig.